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UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC

10151 SE JENNIFER ST, CLACKAMAS, OR, 97015
Operated by Universal Recycling Technologies · 1 of 4 establishments
335110Electric Lamp Bulb and Part Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
8
over 15 years
Violations
24
$2,600 in penalties
Penalties
$2,600
$108 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC has accumulated 24 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 15 years of recorded history, with $2,600 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 20 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.5 / yr · last 15 yrs
Violations
24
1.6 / yr
Penalties
$2,600
$108 avg / violation
54% serious46% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 8

63% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $2,600 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 7010.7650621Oct 2011Oct 2011
29 CFR 7010.7650721Oct 2011Oct 2011
29 CFR 1910.1025 J02 II11$450Sep 2023Sep 2023
29 CFR 7020.2210511$350Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 7010.7650511$270Oct 2011Oct 2011
29 CFR 1910.1025 G02 III11$270Oct 2011Oct 2011
29 CFR 1910.1025 G02 VII A11$180Sep 2023Sep 2023
29 CFR 1910.1025 C0111$180Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.1027 C11$180Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.1027 L01 I A11$180Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$180Sep 2018Sep 2018
29 CFR 1910.0176 A11$180Sep 2018Sep 2018
29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 II11$180Oct 2011Oct 2011
29 CFR 1910.1027 M03 II11Sep 2023Sep 2023
29 CFR 1910.1025 E01 I11Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111Jun 2022Jun 2022
OAR 437-001-0765(4)-911Jun 2022Jun 2022
OAR 437-001-0765(8)-511Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0211Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.1025 D06 II11Oct 2011Oct 2011

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3351 within OR. Peer group: 20 employers. This establishment has 24 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $100
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
4.3
vs industry
+3.0
TRIR
6.4
vs industry
+4.3

Reported for 52 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
8

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OR — for Universal Recycling Technologies, not this location alone

Total cases
12
Unfair labor practice
10
Representation (union)
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Universal Recycling Technologies locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 12 cases · 10 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-RC-202843Representation electionJul 2017Aug 2017ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-RM-179430Representation electionJul 2016Aug 2016ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-088453Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Sep 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-084138Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Aug 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-084109Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Sep 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-082717Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Jul 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010923Unfair labor practiceAug 2011Nov 2011ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010898Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Nov 2011ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010897Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Apr 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010896Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Apr 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010876Unfair labor practiceJun 2011Jul 2011ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010875Unfair labor practiceJun 2011Apr 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
10151 SE JENNIFER ST · CLACKAMAS, OR, 97015
RCRANo Violation Identified00Oct 2015View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
2
Total payments
$4.5M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

Independent monitor required. First case: 2010-08-01. Most recent: 2011-05-24. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-09-26Complaint0$0
2023-06-23Complaint33$630
2022-02-28Complaint84$540
2018-08-09Complaint22$360
2017-05-25Complaint0$0
2011-07-26Complaint83$720
2011-07-26Complaint31$350
2011-06-06Complaint0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC is one of 4 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Universal Recycling Technologies.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Universal Recycling Technologies across all 4 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in electric lamp bulb and part manufacturing within OR, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Universal Recycling Technologies, which operates 4 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC's OSHA violation history?
UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 24 violations and $2,600 in total penalties.
How does UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC operates in the electric lamp bulb and part manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1. UNIVERSAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES LLC's self-reported DART rate is 4.25 compared to an industry average of 1.2.