Establishment profile
BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.
4025 23RD STREET EAST, COLUMBUS, NE, 68601
332311 — Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing
Summary
BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO. has accumulated 44 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $83,338 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 122 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, 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
75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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 · 24 citations in this view · $83,338 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 4 | 3 | $18,705 | Aug 1989 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 2 | 2 | $195 | Aug 1984 | Aug 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C01 I | 1 | 1 | $34,000 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III | 1 | 1 | $9,000 | Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 I | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0184 D | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0036 A01 | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 B06 II | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 B01 | 1 | 1 | $2,000 | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $1,063 | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III | 1 | 1 | $563 | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 | 1 | 1 | $338 | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0156 B02 | 1 | 1 | $325 | Aug 1989 | Aug 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | $325 | Aug 1989 | Aug 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A04 | 1 | 1 | $325 | Aug 1989 | Aug 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C04 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 II | 1 | 1 | — | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 B01 VI | 1 | 1 | — | May 1998 | May 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IV | 1 | 1 | — | May 1998 | May 1998 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3323 within NE. Peer group: 122 employers. This establishment has 44 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
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 648 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
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · May 2025
Most frequent event: Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. | Trunk and other upper extremities | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 1997 | FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,MECH MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE,LEG | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
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). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEHLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4025 E. 23RD ST. · COLUMBUS, NE, 68601 | AirWaterRCRATRI | No Violation Identified QNCR 1 | 4 | 0 | — | Apr 2026 | 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 criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-03 | Referral | 1 | — | $9,000 | |
| 2006-05-02 | Planned | 6 | 5 | $6,713 | |
| 1998-01-06 | Complaint | 14 | 8 | $66,000 | |
| 1989-05-24 | Complaint | 14 | 7 | $1,625 | |
| 1987-12-21 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1987-10-29 | Complaint | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1984-11-30 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1984-04-18 | Complaint | 7 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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- HARDSTEEL INC.DECATUR — 1 federal enforcement record
- BEHLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANYCOLUMBUS — 1 federal enforcement record
- NUCOR VULCRAFTNORFOLK — 1 federal enforcement record
- PREMIER STAFFING, INC.FREMONT — 0 federal enforcement records
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO. 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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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.'s OSHA violation history?
- BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 44 violations and $83,337.5 in total penalties.
- How does BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO. operates in the prefabricated metal building and component manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. BEHLEN MANUFACTURING CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.85 compared to an industry average of 2.