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Harbor Freight Tools: OSHA inspections and violations

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · NAICS 333515

1inspections
1citation items
$14,187current penalties
Oct 15, 2024last inspection

Harbor Freight Tools has one OSHA inspection on record in New Jersey.

OSHA opened it on Oct 15, 2024 after a complaint, in Hasbrouck Heights.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $14,187 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Harbor Freight Tools averages $14,187 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Harbor Freight Tools also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Harbor Freight Tools: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347816928 OPENED OCT 15, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Sep 15, 2025

65 New Jersey 17, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(k) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$14,187$14,187Mar 12, 2025Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2018, the Hasbrouck Heights site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 17 workers: 18.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.5 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
0421 - Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Hasbrouck Heights · 2018
17 2018.24.5
0421 - Hasbrouck Heights NJ
Hasbrouck Heights · 2017
20 000.04.5

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(k)

(K) Refueling and/or charging and recharging of batteries;

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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.