Johnson Controls, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Baltimore, Maryland · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220
19inspections
22citation items
$7,135current penalties
Jul 12, 2024last inspection
Since 1984, OSHA inspectors have visited Johnson Controls, Inc. in Maryland 19 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jul 12, 2024 after an accident, in Capitol Heights.
In all, OSHA issued 22 citation items: 4 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $10,685; today they stand at $7,135, 33% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 5 times.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Johnson Controls, Inc. averages $3,550 across 1 cited inspection.
Johnson Controls, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $49,918 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Maryland · latest 90 days of OSHA records
197employers cited
7 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Apr 25, 1996: Employee injured in fall from ladder onto spiked fence
Employee #1 was changing a light ballast on an 11 ft high light fixture. He was using a 20 ft metal extension ladder with the top rung leaning against the 4 in. diameter support pole for the light fixture. The ladder was tied to the light p ole at the top rung with a piece of insulated electrical wire and was located di rectly above a 52 in. high wrought iron fence with 6 in. spikes at 6 in. interva ls. The ladder moved, causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 8 in. onto the e xposed spikes of the wrought iron fence. He lifted himself from the spikes and w aited until help arrived. The employer had no work rules regarding placement, se lection, and use of ladders. The work had been performed on several occasions by different employees using the same equipment.
Incident on Aug 14, 1989: Employee's hand caught by molding machine
Employee #1, who was operating a molding machine, placed his hands between stati on #2 and station #3 while talking with his supervisor. At station #3, where his right hand was placed on the inside wall of the booth, the end section of the e quipment caught his hand against the wall. Employee #1 suffered a severely bruis ed right wrist and fingers.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Capitol Heights site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 175 workers: 0.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Capitol Heights MD Branch
Capitol Heights · 2025
175
1
0
0.5
1.8
Baltimore Parts DC
Baltimore · 2025
91
0
0
0.0
1.8
Salisbury MD HVAC Branch
Salisbury · 2025
27
0
0
0.0
1.8
Baltimore Parts
Baltimore · 2022
133
1
0
1.1
1.8
Washington, DC HVAC
Capitol Heights · 2021
141
0
0
0.0
1.8
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
Dec 21, 2015 to Dec 17, 2017
Gaithersburg
6
3
$49,918
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
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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.
