OSHA has inspected Heatec, Inc. 9 times in Tennessee since 1985.
The latest one began on Mar 3, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Chattanooga.
Those inspections ended with 50 citation items: 16 serious and 34 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,795 and now stand at $11,345, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Heatec, Inc. averages $4,800 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Heatec, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 344669312 OPENED MAR 3, 2020Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 277 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2020
5200 Wilson Road, Chattanooga, TN 37410 · Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 19, 2020 (fatal): Employee sustains heart attack and dies
At 10:00 p.m. on February 19, 2020, an employee flipped a 1,500 lb trailing arm to weld underneath and did not properly support it. The employee was sitting on a work platform while welding the trailer arm when it shifted, and landed on his right leg. The employee was transported to the hospital and died from a heart attack on March 3, 2020.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR TCA 50-3-105(1) |
Serious | $4,000 | $4,000 | May 21, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR TDLWD RULE 800-01-03-.03(27)(B)3 |
Other-than-serious | $800 | $800 | May 21, 2020 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Chattanooga site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 250 workers: 0.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 27 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
