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BARKO HYDRAULICS INC

FOOT OF BANKS AVE, SUPERIOR, WI, 54880
Operated by Barko Hydraulics, LLC
333120Construction Machinery Manufacturing
EIN 364143045

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OSHA inspections
9
over 50 years
Violations
118
$2,510 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BARKO HYDRAULICS INC has accumulated 118 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $2,510 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 35,316 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 41 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
118
2.4 / yr
Penalties
$2,510
$21 avg / violation
13% serious87% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 9
Inspection trigger · follow-up
4 of 9

89% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 37 citations in this view · $2,285 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0134 D02 II32$35Sep 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 I33May 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.1000 E22$700Jun 1978Mar 1984
29 CFR 1910.0184 E03 II22$330May 1976Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.0108 B0122$125Jun 1978Nov 1979
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0222$100May 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$30May 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122Sep 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0104 B1022Mar 1982Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0107 B1022Mar 1982Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I22Mar 1982Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0522May 1976Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0122Mar 1982Jul 1985
29 CFR 1910.0252 B04 IXC22May 1976Mar 1982
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922May 1976Mar 1982
29 CFR 1910.1000 B0111$350Sep 1976Sep 1976
29 CFR 1910.0213 P0111$200Jun 1978Jun 1978
5A000111$200Jun 1978Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.1025 D04 I11$125Nov 1979Nov 1979
29 CFR 1910.0179 N0111$90May 1976May 1976

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3331 within WI. Peer group: 35,316 employers. This establishment has 118 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
2.8
vs industry
+1.2
TRIR
2.8
vs industry
0.0

Reported for 65 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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
4
Complaint
1
Follow-up
4

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jul 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jul 12, 2017Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle partLower leg(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
41 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 41+ years. Most recent activity: 41 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for BARKO HYDRAULICS INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BARKO HYDRAULICS INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for Barko Hydraulics, LLC, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
6

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Barko Hydraulics, LLC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 6 cases · 6 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-018799Unfair labor practiceJul 2008Sep 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018704Unfair labor practiceMar 2008May 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017223Unfair labor practiceMar 2004Jun 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-016079Unfair labor practiceJul 2001Feb 2003ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-015548Unfair labor practiceMar 2000May 2001ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-015454Unfair labor practiceDec 1999Nov 2000ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for BARKO HYDRAULICS INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BARKO HYDRAULICS INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BARKO HYDRAULICS LLC
1 BANKS AVE · SUPERIOR, WI, 54880
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00Sep 2005View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
139395
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BARKO HYDRAULICS INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1985-06-25Planned243$100
1983-12-22Planned5$0
1982-03-02Planned12$0
1979-08-21Follow-up118$250
1978-02-28Follow-up83$1,430
1976-11-22Follow-up0$0
1976-08-11Planned21$385
1976-08-11Follow-up17$105
1976-05-18Complaint39$240

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BARKO HYDRAULICS INC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Barko Hydraulics, LLC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Barko Hydraulics, LLC across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BARKO HYDRAULICS INC 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Barko Hydraulics, LLC.

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Frequently asked

What is BARKO HYDRAULICS INC's OSHA violation history?
BARKO HYDRAULICS INC has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 118 violations and $2,510 in total penalties.
How does BARKO HYDRAULICS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
BARKO HYDRAULICS INC operates in the construction machinery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. BARKO HYDRAULICS INC's self-reported DART rate is 2.78 compared to an industry average of 1.6.