Establishment profile
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
505 KING AVENUE BUILDING 4, COLUMBUS, OH, 43201
Operated by Battelle Memorial Institute · 1 of 5 establishments
541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
EIN 314379427
Summary
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $360 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 68th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 45 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
50% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $360 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $180 | Jun 1989 | Jun 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H | 1 | 1 | $180 | Jun 1989 | Jun 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1989 | Jun 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
Above average violations in NAICS 5419 within OH. Peer group: 45 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 88 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
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
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 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 2 statutes · 74 violations · $131,152 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Contract Act (federal services) | Sep 2011 | 1 | 37 | 37 | $125,285 | — |
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Sep 2011 | 1 | 37 | 36 | $5,868 | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
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 · 74 violations · $131,152 in backwages · 37 workers affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2009 – Sep 2011 | Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services | FLSASCA | 74 | 37 | $131,152 | — |
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 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
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 Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 505 KING AVE · COLUMBUS, OH, 43201 | WaterRCRA | No Violation Identified QNCR 3 | 1 | 0 | — | Jan 2025 | View → |
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 505 KING AVE · COLUMBUS, OH, 43201 | Air | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Jun 2024 | View → |
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)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541712 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2026-08-04. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-15 | Other | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1989-04-07 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $360 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE is one of 5 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Battelle Memorial Institute.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Battelle Memorial Institute across all 5 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
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Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Battelle Memorial Institute, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTERICHLAND, WA — 1 federal enforcement record
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEWEST JEFFERSON, OH — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 Battelle Memorial Institute, which operates 5 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE's OSHA violation history?
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $360 in total penalties.
- How does BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE's safety record compare to its industry?
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE operates in the all other professional, scientific, and technical services industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.3.