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Office Environments, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Charlotte, North Carolina · Furniture Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423210

3inspections
6citation items
$4,200current penalties
May 25, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Office Environments, Inc. 3 times in North Carolina since 1984.

The latest one began on May 25, 2021 to follow up on an earlier case, in Charlotte.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,000 and now stand at $4,200, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Training requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.30.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Office Environments, Inc. averages $4,200 (1 cited inspection).

Office Environments, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $1,084 in back wages owed to workers.

Office Environments, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1984 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345329080 OPENED MAY 25, 2021Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 113 employees at the site · Closed Jun 8, 2021

11407 Granite Street, Charlotte, NC 28273 · Furniture Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343352274 OPENED AUG 2, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 113 employees at the site · Closed May 15, 2019

11407 Granite Street, Charlotte, NC 28273 · Furniture Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 95.129(01)
Serious$2,000$1,400Aug 20, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1) · Training requirements
Serious$2,000$1,400Aug 20, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$2,000$1,400Aug 20, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Aug 20, 2018Final

Inspection 14987556 OPENED MAY 23, 1984Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 1984

2401 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC 28205 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(2) · Other working surfaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 6, 1984Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(2) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 6, 1984Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Charlotte site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 119 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Office Environments, Inc.
Charlotte · 2025
119 000.01.9
Office Environments, Inc
Charlotte · 2024
121 100.81.9

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 reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Jul 7, 2021 to Jul 6, 2023
CHARLOTTE
21$1,084$0

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)(2)(ii)

(ii) Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)

(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1)

(a) Fall hazards. (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart. Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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