DAYTON TIRE COMPANY

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, DAYTON TIRE COMPANY — a industry sector 00 facility located at 2500 S. COUNCIL RD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73128 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 151 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $763,125.00. The inspection case was opened on 1992-06-19.

Cumulative penalties significantly exceed the national median for OSHA enforcement actions. The penalty amount suggests multiple high-gravity citations, indicating conditions that presented a substantial probability of death or serious physical harm to employees.

State Context: Within OK, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 20,827 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $2,560.36.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 151 citations spanning 7 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 9 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 6 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 September 15, 1992 with the latest abatement deadline set for September 17, 1996. Of the 151 total citations, 15 (10%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $763,125.00 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 $5,053.81 falls within the standard penalty range.

The enforcement action against Dayton Tire Company in Oklahoma City represents a massive regulatory intervention, characterized by a staggering 151 total citations and a penalty exceeding $760,000—figures that far surpassed industry norms for the early 1990s and signaled a catastrophic breakdown in safety management. The citation patterns reveal a dangerous preoccupation with operational output at the expense of fundamental life-safety protocols. Specifically, the heavy concentration of violations under 1910.120 (HAZWOPER) regarding emergency response operations (Sections Q02, Q06, and Q11) indicated that the facility was utterly unprepared to manage hazardous substance releases. For workers, this meant that in the event of a chemical emergency, the personnel tasked with response lacked the requisite training, respiratory protection, and specialized equipment to prevent a localized incident from becoming a mass-casualty event. The gravity of the electrical and hazard communication violations suggests that the facility’s risk was not confined to rare emergencies but was embedded in daily operations. The sheer volume of citations points away from isolated mechanical failures and toward a systemic management culture of indifference. Such a high penalty-to-citation ratio often serves as a precursor to "egregious" designation under OSHA’s violation-by-violation citation policy. This enforcement record effectively functioned as a legal indictment of the site’s safety program, demonstrating that the employer had fundamentally abdicated its duty to maintain a workplace free from recognized hazards, thereby exposing the workforce to chronic risks of electrocution, chemical exposure, and unmitigated industrial accidents.