OSHA has inspected Special-Lite, Inc 8 times in Michigan since 1991.
The latest one began on Mar 6, 2024 after a complaint, in Benton Harbor.
Those inspections ended with 45 citation items: 23 serious and 22 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $15,175 and now stand at $7,438, 51% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 4081.34.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Special-Lite, Inc averages $1,525 (2 cited inspections).
Special-Lite, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Decatur site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 195 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
