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Universal Instruments Corporation
OSHA: 1 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: no recordImmigration: 18 LCAContracts: not listed
Universal Instruments Corporation is an employer in Conklin, New York in Machinery manufacturing. Federal records hold 1 OSHA inspection, 18 labor condition applications and 3 PERM applications.
OSHA opened 1 inspection at Universal Instruments Corporation sites in New York since 2016, issuing 6 citations, 6 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $35,847, $36K per inspection, above the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
It filed 18 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 18 worker positions. The median offered wage is $74,859 a year against a median prevailing wage of $74,859, below the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level I (61% of filings).
OFLC records 3 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $81,661; the employer reported 325 employees on payroll.
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 333 | New York | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $36K | $4,096 | $3,089 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 7% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 100% | — | 48% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.215 | Abrasive wheel machinery | 2 |
| 1910.22 | Walking-working surfaces, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.213 | Woodworking machinery requirements | 1 |
| 1910.242 | Hand and portable powered tools and equipment, general | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2017 | Planned · Health | Complete | 6 (6 S/W/R) | $35,847 | Final order | 1910.22(a)(1) (Serious), 1910.212(a)(1) (Serious), 1910.213(h)(1) (Serious), 1910.215(a)(4) (Serious), 1910.215(b)(9) (Serious), 1910.242(b) (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.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in New York is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
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.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in New York in the data since fiscal year 2005.
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 61%Level II 39%Level III 0%Level IV 0%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | New York | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $74,859 | $138,494 | $125,000 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $70,346–$86,258 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 100% | 53% | 55% | 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, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 2 | — |
| Sr. Sales Engineer | 2 | — |
| Software QA Engineer | 2 | — |
| Automation Electronics Engineer | 1 | — |
| Electrical Engineer | 1 | — |
| Supplier Quality Engineer | 1 | — |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 1 | — |
| Project Manager | 1 | — |
| Software Engineer - Automation | 1 | — |
| Technical Lead, Automation Engineering Software | 1 | — |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 1 | — |
| Engineering Change Coordinator | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 5 | $138,494 |
| Validation Engineers | 5 | $108,000 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 2 | $151,091 |
| Sales Engineers | 2 | $146,153 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 2 | $104,728 |
| Project Management Specialists | 1 | $120,000 |
| Data Scientists | 1 | $123,741 |
Worksite states
New York 18
Visa classes: H-1B 18. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (New York); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Sr. Sales Engineer | 1 |
| Automation Electronics Engineer | 1 |
| Software Engineer – Automation (Embedded Systems) | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Sales Engineers | 1 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 1 |
| Software Developers | 1 |
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 Universal Instruments Corporation?
Yes. OSHA records 1 inspection at Universal Instruments Corporation sites in New York since 2016, most recently opened 21 Nov 2017.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
6 citations with current penalties totalling $35,847. 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 Universal Instruments Corporation?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Universal Instruments Corporation in New York in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Universal Instruments Corporation sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 18 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 18 were certified. The median offered wage is $74,859 a year; the most common job title is Software Engineer.
Does Universal Instruments Corporation sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 3 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 3 of them certified.
Does Universal Instruments Corporation 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 Universal Instruments Corporation?
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.