BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE — a aircraft manufacturing facility located at 3003 WEST CASINO ROAD, EVERETT, WA 98204 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 13 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $31,480.00. The inspection case was opened on 2012-02-06.

The volume of citations issued during this inspection suggests systematic compliance deficiencies rather than isolated incidents. Facilities with 10 or more citations typically face comprehensive abatement requirements and may be subject to follow-up inspections.

BLS Injury Data: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022), this industry sector has an occupational injury rate of 3.3 per 100 full-time workers — 22% above the national average of 2.7. The sector fatality rate is 2.3 per 100,000 workers.

Industry Benchmark: The total penalty of $31,480.00 is more than 4.9× the national average of $6,436.62 for facilities in the Manufacturing sector (NAICS 336411). This sector encompasses 82,943 inspected facilities nationwide with aggregate penalties totaling $533.9M.

State Context: Within WA, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 126,183 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $1,683.96.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 13 citations spanning 13 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 12 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 1 other-than-serious — The violation has a direct relationship to job safety and health but is unlikely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning July 6, 2012 with the latest abatement deadline set for July 31, 2013. Of the 13 total citations, 13 (100%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, indicating substantial compliance with corrective action requirements.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $31,480.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $2,421.54 falls within the standard penalty range.

The 2012 inspection at the Boeing Everett facility revealed a concentrated breakdown in fall protection and structural safety protocols, as evidenced by thirteen distinct citations totaling $31,480.00. The clustering of violations under specific standards—particularly the 8034 and 8035 series—points toward a systemic failure in safeguarding workers against gravity-related hazards during aerospace manufacturing processes. In practical terms, these citations suggest that employees were frequently exposed to unprotected edges, improper scaffolding, or inadequate fall restraint systems, any of which could result in catastrophic injury or fatality in a high-bay industrial environment. The penalty severity, while substantial, reflects a series of "Serious" (S) classifications rather than "Willful" designations, indicating that while the hazards were known or should have been known, OSHA did not establish an intentional disregard for safety law. However, the sheer volume of concurrent violations suggests that the facility’s safety management system failed to keep pace with the scale of production. Rather than isolated incidents, the pattern of citations across multiple standards implies a lack of rigorous internal auditing and a breakdown in the site’s hazard recognition program. For a facility of this magnitude, these findings underscore a critical need for comprehensive retraining on work-at-height requirements and a more robust engineering control strategy to mitigate fall risks inherent in wide-body aircraft assembly.