Dewar Nurseries, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Apopka, Florida · Nursery and Tree Production · NAICS 111421
2inspections
1citation items
$4,620current penalties
May 22, 2018last inspection
Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Dewar Nurseries, Inc. in Florida 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on May 22, 2018 on a referral, in Apopka.
In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $9,239; today they stand at $4,620, 50% less.
Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Dewar Nurseries, Inc. averages $4,620 across 1 cited inspection.
Dewar Nurseries, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 18, 2018: Employee sustains fractured wrist from slip and fall on wet
At 11:30 a.m. on May 18, 2018, an employee was watering plants outside when she slipped on a wet spot on the driveway. The employee landed on her right wrist, resulting in a fracture and requiring hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Apopka site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 181 workers: 3.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Dewar Nurseries, Inc. Apopka
Apopka · 2025
181
8
0
3.6
3.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
An employee loaded plants onto a trailer wagon. The trailer was being moved to another section and the employee was walking behind the trailer. The trailer wagon was being pulled by another empty trailer in the same driveway. The employee thought the loaded trailer was going to contact the empty one and put his hand between the two trailers resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
An employee was loading plants from a metal trailer on the top shelf of a rack when he stepped on the metal trailer and slipped, catching his right middle finger in the side post of the metal rack. His finger was fractured.
May 18, 2018, Apopka: Hospitalization · fractures · wrist(s)
An employee was working inside a greenhouse when she slipped on the wet concrete floor and fell on her right hip and right wrist. Her right wrist was fractured and required surgery.
Mar 27, 2015, Apopka: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
While loading plants into a truck, an employee opened the back and was scraped by the door, causing a cut to the stomach area.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
May 6, 2013 to May 5, 2015
Apopka
5
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
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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.
