GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. is a other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing employer in CHICAGO, IL. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 4 violations and $1,250 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 2, 2026.
GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC.
1140 N. BRANCH ST., CHICAGO, IL, 60642
Parent: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES (1,025 locations)
332919 — Top companies in Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
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▶SEC Enforcement(3)
$10,300,000 totallast: 2014-04-28
SEC Enforcement(3)
SEC Litigation Releases filed against COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES— every public-company employer profile shows the parent's SEC enforcement history. Source: sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.
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Part of a larger organization
GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. is one of 1,025 establishments in our dataset that roll up under the parent organization COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES. COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES is a SEC public reporter (CDP), with most recent reported revenue of $764M.
Federal enforcement records on GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. represent activity at this specific establishment. The full enforcement footprint of COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES across all 1,025 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other establishments operated by COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY, LLC — GRANITE CITY, IL — 3 federal records
- GUARDIAN LIMA, LLC — LIMA, OH — 3 federal records
- GUARDIAN DRUG COMPANY — DAYTON, NJ — 3 federal records
- GATEWAY FOUNDATION, INC. — CHICAGO, IL — 2 federal records
- 75091 - GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES LLC — RICHBURG, SC — 2 federal records
- GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT CO — NEWPORT, MI — 2 federal records
- Gateway Security Services — Newark, NJ — 2 federal records
- GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES, LLC — KINGSBURG, CA — 2 federal records
- GATEWAY TERMINALS, L.L.C. — GARDEN CITY, GA — 2 federal records
- Guardian Elder Care LLC — Brockway, PA — 2 federal records
Other employers in Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing within IL
- SLOAN VALVE COMPANY — FRANKLIN PARK — 4 federal records
- HENRY PRATT CO. — AURORA — 2 federal records
- MIDLAND MANUFACTURING CORP. — SKOKIE — 2 federal records
- WESTLAKE PIPE & FITTINGS CORPORATION — BOLINGBROOK — 1 federal record
- AVW EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC. — MAYWOOD — 1 federal record
- AAA GALVANIZING -- PEORIA, INC. — PEORIA — 1 federal record
- WELDBEND CORPORATION — ARGO — 1 federal record
- ZOPEL CORPORATION — ADDISON
- MAASS MIDWEST MANUFACTURING, INC. — HUNTLEY
- SPRAYING SYSTEMS CO — GLENDALE HEIGHTS
Industry context
Within the other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing industry in IL, GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. ranks in the 74th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 421 comparable establishments.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 63th percentile of the same peer group.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 3.5 for the other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 2.7.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 14 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 4 violations and $1,250 in total penalties.
- How does GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. operates in the other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. of CHICAGO, IL from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 5 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, NLRB labor relations cases, SEC Litigation Releases, SEC XBRL companyfacts (parent financials), and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 12 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 2, 2026. GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC. resolves to the parent rollup COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES, which operates 1,025 establishments in our dataset.
This profile may be incomplete if GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT, INC.operates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.