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Nova, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

La Porte, Indiana · Other Building Finishing Contractors · NAICS 238390

1inspections
5citation items
$5,100current penalties
May 27, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Nova, Inc. once in Indiana.

The inspection began on May 27, 2025 after a complaint, in La Porte.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,100 and still stand at $5,100.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Nova, Inc. averages $5,100 (1 cited inspection).

Nova, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348279829 OPENED MAY 27, 2025Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 31 employees at the site · Closed Oct 20, 2025

2465 N State Road 39, La Porte, IN 46350 · Other Building Finishing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$900$900Sep 9, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 9, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 9, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$4,200$4,200Sep 9, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$0$0Sep 9, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1)

(1) Normal breathing. In a normal standing position, without talking, the subject shall breathe normally.

29 CFR 1910.134(k)

(k) Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.

29 CFR 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

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