Inspection 345051585 OPENED DEC 7, 2020Closed
600 Car Tech Drive, Opelika, AL 36801 · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Car Tech LLC 4 times in Alabama since 2019.
The latest one began on Dec 7, 2020 to follow up on an earlier case, in Opelika.
Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 7 serious, 1 repeat and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $24,141 and now stand at $15,450, 36% lower after settlements or reviews.
Noise comes up most often in these citations: 7 items under 1910.95.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Car Tech LLC averages $5,150 (3 cited inspections).
Car Tech LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 345051601 OPENED DEC 7, 2020Closed
600 Car Tech Drive, Opelika, AL 36801 · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.95(l)(1) · Noise |
Repeat | $273 | $150 | Feb 5, 2021 | Final |
Inspection 343983920 OPENED MAY 1, 2019Closed
600 Car Tech Drive, Opelika, AL 36801 · Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1) · Noise |
Serious | $6,630 | $4,300 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1) · Noise |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1) · Noise |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1d 29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1) · Noise |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.95(i)(3) · Noise |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.95(l)(1) · Noise |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2c 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2d 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
Inspection 343961553 OPENED APR 23, 2019Closed
600 Car Tech Drive, Opelika, AL 36801 · Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(b) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $6,630 | $5,000 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $5,304 | $3,000 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools |
Serious | $5,304 | $3,000 | Jul 11, 2019 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Opelika site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 157 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 157 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| car tech Opelika · 2025 | 157 | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| Car Tech LLC Opelika · 2023 | 105 | 8 | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jul 29, 2025, Opelika: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was operating a projection welding press when the weld bit contacted her left hand, causing an amputation of the index fingertip.
Jun 25, 2025, Opelika: Hospitalization · fractures · pelvis
On June 25, 2025, at 7.30 a.m., an employee was using a remote-controlled crane to change a die in a 2,600-ton press. They were releasing crane cables from the die when one cable did not release, causing the die to lift and pin the employee between the press and the die. The employee suffered a closed non-displaced fracture of the pelvis.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii)
(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools
29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise
Other motor vehicle metal stamping employers in Alabama
- Sejong Alabama, L.L.C. Fort Deposit · 11 citations · $13,315
- Iljin America Corporation Auburn · 1 citation · $5,628
- Hwaseung Automotive USA LLC Enterprise · 4 citations · $29,542
- Gestamp Alabama, LLC Mc Calla · 6 citations · $27,599
- Johnson Controls, Inc. Clanton · 6 citations · $6,285
- Newman Technology of Alabama, Inc. Albertville · 13 citations · $141,112
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.