Kleen-Tech, Inc. has 7 OSHA inspections on record in North Carolina, the first in 2004.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 30, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Valdese.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 20 citation items: 10 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $12,200 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,160, down 33%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.305, electrical wiring methods (3 items).
For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Kleen-Tech, Inc. averages $3,980 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Kleen-Tech, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $12,389 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
North Carolina · latest 90 days of OSHA records
237employers cited
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Incident on Jul 19, 2005: Employee in training receives burns
On July 19, 2005, Employee #1 was being trained on equipment. He came back from a break and instead of reporting to his trainer, took it upon himself to unload a washer and place the load into the dryer. The load was not fully cleaned and w hen he turned on the dryer, the chemicals flashed and the door blew open. Employ ee #1 was exposed to heat and steam, and was burned.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 308183193 OPENED AUG 31, 2004Closed
Planned · No inspection · Health · Closed Sep 1, 2004
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Hildebran site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 38 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Kleen Tech
Hildebran · 2025
38
0
0
0.0
2.6
Quality Linen
Hildebran · 2024
50
1
0
4.0
2.8
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 15, 2013 to Dec 5, 2015
Hildebran
24
23
$12,389
$3,997
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
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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.
