CAVCO INDUSTRIES INC

Cavco Industries, through its Palm Harbor Homes manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, exposed workers to dozens of serious safety and health violations, leading to a significant federal enforcement action. In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Cavco faced a proposed $335,726 in penalties following an inspection that identified 32 violations, including failures to implement lockout/tagout procedures to control hazardous energy, inadequate respiratory protection and chemical hazard communication, and unguarded machinery. This pattern of regulatory failure created preventable risks in a specific industrial facility, directly impacting the safety of the local workforce and community.

Separately, in April 2024, Cavco subsidiaries Palm Harbor Homes and Palm Harbor Villages agreed to pay $135,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging race discrimination. The EEOC found that a community manager at a Palm Harbor Villages manufactured housing community in Florida subjected Black maintenance workers to a racially hostile work environment, including frequent use of racial slurs, and that the company failed to take corrective action. This conduct created a documented, localized harm within that residential community.