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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA

1000 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PLAZA, ORLANDO, FL, 32819
Operated by COMCAST CORP · 1 of 460 establishments
713110Amusement and Theme Parks

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OSHA inspections
13
over 36 years
Violations
49
$33,315 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA has accumulated 49 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 36 years of recorded history, with $33,315 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 65 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
13
0.4 / yr · last 36 yrs
Violations
49
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$33,315
$680 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 13

54% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 7131 within FL. Peer group: 65 employers. This establishment has 49 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
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
4.4
vs industry
−0.4
TRIR
4.4
vs industry
−2.0

Reported for 111 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
6.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
4.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.4
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

Planned
1
Complaint
10
Referral
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jan 2017 – Apr 2019

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Bites and stings, unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Apr 24, 2019Bites and stings, unspecifiedHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jan 19, 2017Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetHead and trunkHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
15 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 years 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 STUDIOS FLORIDA. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — COMCAST CORPORATION (across 90 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$33.9M
Obligated (all-time)
$130.1M
Awards (all-time)
3,635

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2011-01-10Complaint1$0
2010-06-21Complaint0$0
2009-07-01Referral11$3,750
2002-02-19Complaint0$0
1997-09-25Planned0$0
1996-01-11Complaint65$9,000
1995-04-24Monitoring0$0
1995-04-24Complaint0$0
1994-05-04Complaint3223$18,090
1993-01-07Complaint52$1,875
1993-01-07Complaint2$0
1991-10-31Complaint0$0
1990-05-21Complaint22$600

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA is one of 460 establishments rolled up under the parent organization COMCAST CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of COMCAST CORP across all 460 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in amusement and theme parks within FL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by COMCAST CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA 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 COMCAST CORP, which operates 460 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.

Frequently asked

What is UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA's OSHA violation history?
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 49 violations and $33,315 in total penalties.
How does UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA's safety record compare to its industry?
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA operates in the amusement and theme parks industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 6.4. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA's self-reported DART rate is 4.41 compared to an industry average of 4.8.