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Niowave Inc
OSHA: 1 insp.Injuries: 2 yrLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 1 LCAContracts: not listed
Niowave Inc is an employer in Lansing, Michigan in Chemical manufacturing. Federal records hold 1 OSHA inspection, 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 1 labor condition application and 2 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 1 inspection at Niowave Inc sites in Michigan since 2016, issuing 1 citation, 1 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $1,250 (initially $2,500), $1,250 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 175 employees and 4 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 1.8 per 100 full-time workers, higher than the pooled rate for its industry (1.4; median establishment 0.9).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving Niowave Inc, recording $46,049 in back wages agreed to pay for 30 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 1 labor condition application with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 1 worker position. Wage figures are shown only where at least three applications state a wage, so none is given here. The most common prevailing wage level is Level IV (100% of filings).
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 325 | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $1,250 | $6,783 | $1,319 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 5% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 100% | — | 60% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.28 | Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2025 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $1,250 | Final order | 1910.28(b)(1)(i) (Serious) |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 325 (quartiles 0.0–3.1); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 130 | 230,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 175 | 434,616 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Michigan. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 325 | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $46K | $18K | $9,414 | $13K |
| Employees per case | 30.0 | — | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $1,535 | — | $721 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 36 | $46,049 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2013 – 31 May 2015 | 36 | $46,049 | 30 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1744942.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 0%Level II 0%Level III 0%Level IV 100%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2112 | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | — | $108,000 | $108,535 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | —–— | $90,870–$133,300 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 0% | 57% | 58% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Validation Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Quality Engineer | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Validation Engineers | 1 | $108,000 |
Worksite states
Michigan 1
Visa classes: H-1B 1. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Michigan); worksites may be elsewhere.
No PERM application from this employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Niowave Inc?
Yes. OSHA records 1 inspection at Niowave Inc sites in Michigan since 2016, most recently opened 14 Jan 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
1 citation with current penalties totalling $1,250. 1 inspection has a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 0 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Niowave Inc?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $46,049 in back wages agreed to pay across 1 case, for 30 employees.
Does Niowave Inc sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 1 labor condition application in fiscal years 2025–2026; 1 were certified. Too few applications state a wage for a median to be shown; the most common job title is Senior Quality Engineer.
Does Niowave Inc sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does Niowave Inc hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Niowave Inc?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.