Shields Environmental, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Florida.
OSHA opened it on Jan 10, 2018 on a referral, in Sanford.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $6,467 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,587, down 60%.
For context, across all media and telecom employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,800. Shields Environmental, Inc. averages $2,587 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Shields Environmental, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Florida · latest 90 days of OSHA records
338employers cited
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Incident on Jan 3, 2018: Worker falls from ladder and fractures collarbone
At 7:30 a.m. on January 3, 2018, an employee was working for a firm in the cellular and wireless telecommunications industry. He was picking up products for shipping. He was using a ladder to perform this task. He picked the wrong ladder for the job. He fell and hit the floor. He sustained the fracture of his collarbone. He was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sanford site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 11 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Shields Environmenal INC
Sanford · 2025
11
0
0
0.0
2.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 3, 2018, Sanford: Hospitalization · fractures · shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
An employee was on a ladder picking product for shipping when he fell to the floor and broke his collarbone, requiring hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
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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.
