Taplin Group, LLC has 11 OSHA inspections on record in Michigan, the first in 2017.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 1, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Kalamazoo.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $5,500 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $1,200, down 78%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1926.1101, asbestos in construction (4 items).
For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Taplin Group, LLC averages $400 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Taplin Group, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Michigan · latest 90 days of OSHA records
670employers cited
5 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kalamazoo site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 150 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Taplin Group, LLC
Kalamazoo · 2025
150
1
0
0.6
1.0
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
Nov 10, 2020 to May 23, 2021
Kalamazoo
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:
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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.