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As of September 2026, OSHA’s public inspection record identifies a fatality/catastrophe inspection at Cintas Corporation No. 2, 4345 Federal Drive in Greensboro. The record says the inspection opened July 24, 2025, lists a close conference on January 22, 2026, and currently shows the case as open.
The public record is useful, but it has limits. It documents an enforcement proceeding at a particular facility. It does not by itself decide a family’s workers’ compensation claim, establish civil liability or supply every fact about the underlying event.
What the inspection record currently shows
- Inspection number 1841048.015 and report ID 0453720
- A fatality/catastrophe inspection, with a partial health scope and a related accident entry
- Three serious violations and $46,340 in current proposed penalties
- Citation items referring to federal standards 29 C.F.R. 1910.146 and 1910.147
- A March 9, 2026 contest notation for the listed citation items
Because the record marks the case open and the citation items contested, describe the amounts as proposed penalties and the entries as citations or alleged violations rather than final adjudicated facts. Check the live inspection page for later amendments, settlements or closure before relying on a status statement.
Keep the regulatory file separate from the family’s claim file
An OSHA or state-plan enforcement record addresses workplace safety compliance. A North Carolina workers’ compensation death claim asks different questions about the employee, employer, work connection, compensation rate, statutory dependency, burial expenses, filings and distribution. A possible claim involving someone other than the employer may involve still other facts and legal rules.
Do not assume that a citation automatically proves every element of another claim or that a pending contest erases the underlying event. Preserve the inspection number, citation documents, amendments and final disposition alongside the separate employment, medical, wage, dependency and filing records.
Build a source-based record
- Employee identity, employer, assignment, worksite, date and the source for each event fact
- Emergency-response, medical-examiner, death-certificate and other official records that are lawfully available
- Employer, carrier or self-insurer, administrator, claim number, notices, filings, payments and decisions
- Marriage, birth, household, support and other records relevant to the statutory dependency question
- Wage records, funeral invoices and payments kept separate from life insurance, retirement, fundraising or another recovery
Use lawful access and appropriate preservation requests. Do not enter a restricted worksite, operate equipment or remove material to gather evidence. Identify the agency or person controlling a record and follow the applicable request process.
Use the current record and the current law
The related guide to organizing a fatal workplace workers’ compensation claim explains the separate dependency, benefit, funeral-expense and filing record under North Carolina law.
Rosensteel Fleishman Car Accident & Injury Lawyers provides information about discussing North Carolina workers’ compensation questions after a fatal workplace event. A review should begin with verified source records and distinguish a pending safety citation from a final enforcement result and from the elements of a family’s claim.
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