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Friction Coating Corp: OSHA inspections and violations

Sterling Heights, Michigan · Machine Tool Manufacturing · NAICS 333517

2inspections
7citation items
$250current penalties
Nov 17, 2025last inspection

Since 1998, OSHA inspectors have visited Friction Coating Corp in Michigan 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Nov 17, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Clinton Township.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 1 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $500; today they stand at $250, 50% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Friction Coating Corp averages $250 across 1 cited inspection.

Friction Coating Corp also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Friction Coating Corp: OSHA citation items per year, 1998 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348595083 OPENED NOV 17, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Dec 30, 2025

44833 Centre Ct, Clinton Township, MI 48038 · Machine Tool Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10727(1)
 Serious$500$250Dec 1, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 1, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 408.13350
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 1, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 1, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 1, 2025Final

Inspection 114529118 OPENED MAY 27, 1998Closed

Complaint · Complete · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Sep 9, 1998

42776 Mound Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48314 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 28, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 28, 1998Closed

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 Clinton Township site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 11 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Friction Coating, Inc.
Clinton Township · 2025
11 000.02.6

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall certify that the periodic inspections have been performed. The certification shall identify the machine or equipment on which the energy control procedure was being utilized, the date of the inspection, the employees included in the inspection, and the person performing the inspection.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)

(3) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 4082.2111

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