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BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

EMENS AUDITORIUM 1800 WEST RIVERSIDE AVE., MUNCIE, IN, 47306
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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OSHA inspections
68
over 41 years
Violations
182
$7,950 in penalties
Penalties
$7,950
$44 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY has accumulated 182 OSHA violations across 68 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $7,950 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 46 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
68
1.7 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
182
4.4 / yr
Penalties
$7,950
$44 avg / violation
59% serious41% other
Inspection trigger · planned
48 of 68
Inspection trigger · complaint
14 of 68

81% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 39 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 90 citations in this view.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V1010Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0177Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0466Aug 1989Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II66Aug 1989Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0466Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I55Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0555Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0455Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.1200 H44Apr 1990Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0144Aug 1989Mar 1995
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0344Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0144Jun 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933Aug 1989Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0133Aug 1989Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0133Aug 1989Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.0151 C33Aug 1989Jun 1997
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0133Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I33Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0433Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0133Aug 1989Aug 1989

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 6113 within IN. Peer group: 46 employers. This establishment has 182 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
48
Complaint
14
Accident
1
Referral
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
6 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 6 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Dec 2010 – Oct 2011Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
33
Certified
29
Avg wage ratio
1.44x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Unknown.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
2000 W UNIVERSITY AVE · MUNCIE, IN, 47306
AirRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
40Jan 2025View →
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
1620 W RIVERSIDE AVE · MUNICE, IN, 47306
WaterUnknown00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$1.4M
Awards
22
Top agency
Department of Defense
$1.1M
Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$1.1M
Environmental Protection Agency$223K
Department of Veterans Affairs$74K
Department of Health and Human Services$25K
Department of Commerce$4K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2011-03-07
    $374,232
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS PREPARE CONCENTRATES OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM) FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH
    contract · Last action 2015-06-09
    $222,594
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2010-03-31
    $129,572
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2009-12-29
    $103,790
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2011-03-07
    $93,248
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2009-03-10
    $87,225
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2008-08-05
    $83,786
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES FOR SUMMER 2010
    contract · Last action 2010-07-13
    $55,947
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST SUMMER 09
    contract · Last action 2009-08-03
    $46,485
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2009-01-14
    $42,819
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    MICROSCOPIC STUDIES
    contract · Last action 2011-10-01
    $35,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
    contract · Last action 2010-08-27
    $35,000
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION ASSISTANCE
    contract · Last action 2011-06-10
    $34,308
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    0000HCCK-2008-60591 - BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, IN
    contract · Last action 2010-11-22
    $24,657
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2008-08-19
    $18,602
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2009-04-03
    $12,445
  • Department of Defense
    SUMMER SESSION 2009
    contract · Last action 2009-09-30
    $11,910
  • Department of Defense
    IDIQ, TUITION AND FEES COST
    contract · Last action 2008-08-19
    $10,332
  • Department of Commerce
    INSTALLATION OF GENERATOR, POWER DISTRIBUTION AND NWR TRANSMITTERS ON BALL STATE TOWER, MUNCIE, IN.
    contract · Last action 2014-09-19
    $4,350
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    TUITION PAYMENT
    contract · Last action 2008-04-25
    $3,636
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    REGISTRATION FOR CARDINAL JOB FAIR, 2-27-08, INCLU
    contract · Last action 2008-01-30
    $325
  • Department of the Interior
    RADIOGRAPHS
    contract · Last action 2010-06-17
    $-392

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 611310 - COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. Last action: 2015-06-09. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-12-11Referral3$7,950
2021-08-03Referral11$0
2018-07-05Referral33$0
2011-06-01Monitoring0$0
2011-01-25Complaint1110$0
2005-06-07Complaint2$0
2003-10-22Complaint0$0
2003-03-26Planned0$0
2002-10-18Planned1515$0
2002-05-08Complaint2$0
1999-11-19Complaint0$0
1997-05-14Complaint31$0
1997-04-08Complaint21$0
1995-02-02Complaint41$0
1994-07-25Complaint41$0
1989-11-06Complaint22$0
1989-08-14Planned0$0
1989-05-31Complaint44$0
1989-05-15Planned33$0
1989-05-15Planned105$0
1989-05-15Planned86$0
1989-05-15Planned32$0
1989-05-15Planned1$0
1989-05-15Planned1$0
1989-05-15Planned21$0
1989-05-15Planned55$0
1989-05-15Planned65$0
1989-05-15Planned53$0
1989-05-15Planned1$0
1989-05-15Planned3$0
1989-05-15Planned33$0
1989-05-15Planned11$0
1989-05-15Planned21$0
1989-05-15Planned32$0
1989-05-15Planned2$0
1989-05-15Planned52$0
1989-05-15Planned31$0
1989-05-15Planned11$0
1989-05-15Planned0$0
1989-05-15Planned7$0
1989-05-15Planned42$0
1989-05-15Planned51$0
1989-05-15Planned1$0
1989-05-15Planned31$0
1989-05-15Planned21$0
1989-05-15Planned22$0
1989-05-15Planned31$0
1989-05-15Planned33$0
1989-05-15Planned41$0
1989-05-15Planned0$0
1989-05-15Planned43$0
1989-05-15Planned33$0
1989-04-12Complaint2$0
1988-02-04Complaint1$0
1987-09-24Complaint1$0
1987-04-15Unprogrammed Related0$0
1986-05-21Planned0$0
1986-05-21Planned44$0
1986-05-21Planned33$0
1986-05-21Planned0$0
1986-05-21Planned11$0
1986-05-21Planned0$0
1986-05-21Planned2$0
1986-05-21Planned11$0
1986-05-21Planned1$0
1986-05-21Planned0$0
1986-05-21Planned1$0
1985-03-01Accident0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BALL STATE UNIVERSITY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is BALL STATE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY has 68 OSHA inspections on record with 182 violations and $7,950 in total penalties.
How does BALL STATE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3.