SUNNY BRITE, INC.

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, SUNNY BRITE, INC. — a drycleaning and laundry services (except coin-operated) facility located at 4785 PROCYON STREET SUITE A, LAS VEGAS, NV 89103 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 6 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $22,741.00. The inspection case was opened on 2023-12-06.

DOL records document workplace safety violations warranting formal citation under the OSH Act. While classified at the standard enforcement level, all OSHA citations require corrective action and may indicate areas where workplace safety programs should be strengthened.

BLS Injury Data: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022), this industry sector has an occupational injury rate of 2.0 per 100 full-time workers — near the national average of 2.7. The sector fatality rate is 3.4 per 100,000 workers.

Industry Benchmark: The total penalty of $22,741.00 is more than 7.9× the national average of $2,870.27 for facilities in the Other Services sector (NAICS 812320). This sector encompasses 29,798 inspected facilities nationwide with aggregate penalties totaling $85.5M.

State Context: Within NV, this facility's penalty places it at the 99th percentile among 27,382 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $1,830.01.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 6 citations spanning 3 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 3 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 3 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 February 23, 2024 with the latest abatement deadline set for March 4, 2024. Of the 6 total citations, 0 (0%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $22,741.00 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 $3,790.17 falls within the standard penalty range.

The enforcement profile for Sunny Brite, Inc. reveals a troubling deficit in fundamental industrial safety protocols, particularly concerning hazardous energy control and chemical communication. The assessment of a Serious violation under 1910.147(c)(1) represents the most significant liability, as the failure to implement a comprehensive lockout/tagout (LOTO) program exposes laundry and dry-cleaning workers to catastrophic crushing or amputation hazards during equipment maintenance. When coupled with the high-gravity citations under 1910.1200(e)(1) and (h)(1), a systemic failure in administrative safety management becomes evident. The absence of a written hazard communication program and the failure to provide essential chemical safety training suggest that employees were operating in an environment where the risks of toxic exposures—common in NAICS 812320—were neither documented nor mitigated. The penalty of $22,741 is notably high for a small-scale dry-cleaning operation, reflecting the maximum gravity assigned to the LOTO and HazCom violations. Furthermore, the inclusion of recordkeeping and state-specific administrative citations (NAC 618.53 and NRS 618.376) indicates a pervasive lack of regulatory oversight within the facility’s leadership. This is not an instance of isolated mechanical failure but rather a foundational collapse of the "Right to Know" and physical safety standards. For a facility of this size, such a dense concentration of high-gravity violations suggests that management lacked even a rudimentary safety management system, placing the workforce at continuous risk of acute physical trauma and long-term chemical illness.