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WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL

9601 STEILACOOM BLVD, LAKEWOOD, WA, 98498
Operated by DSHS · 1 of 5 establishments
622210Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals

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OSHA inspections
16
over 31 years
Violations
15
$34,520 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL has accumulated 15 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 31 years of recorded history, with $34,520 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 21 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
16
0.5 / yr · last 31 yrs
Violations
15
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$34,520
$2,301 avg / violation
53% serious47% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 16
Inspection trigger · referral
8 of 16

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 15 citations in this view · $34,520 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 8001.100553$11,950Apr 2004Mar 2013
29 CFR 8001.402511$6,500Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 8231.200511$4,400Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 8231.400511$4,400Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 8001.402011$3,300Nov 2011Nov 2011
29 CFR 8001.101011$2,800Jan 2015Jan 2015
29 CFR 0270.006004 A11$650Feb 1995Feb 1995
29 CFR 8001.604011$320Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 8231.701011$100Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 0270.111903 B11$100Apr 2011Apr 2011
29 CFR 8231.101011Aug 2013Aug 2013

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 6222 within WA. Peer group: 21 employers. This establishment has 15 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $700
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
16.8
vs industry
+13.0
TRIR
18.5
vs industry
+11.6

Reported for 2,406 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
6.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
18.5
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
Referral
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 WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2003 – Nov 2005State Hospitals0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
4
Formal actions
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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
WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL
9601 STEILACOOM BLVD SE · TACOMA, WA, 98498
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 4
11Jun 2023View →

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

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2014-07-21Referral11$2,800
2013-03-05Referral42$8,900
2012-09-20Referral3$11,500
2011-10-28Referral0$0
2011-06-08Complaint0$0
2011-05-03Referral33$9,900
2011-01-12Complaint0$0
2010-12-16Referral1$100
2010-02-17Complaint0$0
2009-10-20Complaint0$0
2009-10-05Referral11$320
2007-09-07Complaint0$0
2007-06-05Referral0$0
2003-11-24Complaint11$350
2003-06-02Complaint0$0
1995-01-27Complaint1$650

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL is one of 5 establishments rolled up under the parent organization DSHS.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of DSHS across all 5 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL 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 DSHS, which operates 5 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL's OSHA violation history?
WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 15 violations and $34,520 in total penalties.
How does WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL's safety record compare to its industry?
WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL operates in the psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 6.9. WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL's self-reported DART rate is 16.84 compared to an industry average of 3.8.