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BELL LABORATORIES, INC.

6551 NORTH TOWNE ROAD, WINDSOR, WI, 53598
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,593 establishments
325320Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
2
over 2 years
Violations
2
$12,585 in penalties
Penalties
$12,585
$6,293 avg
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 · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

BELL LABORATORIES, INC. has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 2 years of recorded history, with $12,585 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 50th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 19 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 72nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

BELL LABORATORIES, INC. 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

Inspections
2
1.0 / yr · last 2 yrs
Violations
2
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$12,585
$6,293 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 2

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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $12,585 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II B11$11,162Sep 2023Sep 2023
29 CFR 1904.0041 A0111$1,423Aug 2023Aug 2023

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

50th

Above average violations in NAICS 3253 within WI. Peer group: 19 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
89th
peer median: $420
Inspection frequency
72nd
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
2.1
vs industry
+0.7
TRIR
2.8
vs industry
+0.8

Reported for 479 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
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

Referral
2

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) · Dec 2021 – Jun 2023

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
Jun 16, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jan 30, 2023Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Dec 27, 2021Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episodeChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized

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
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 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 BELL LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BELL LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BELL LABORATORIES, INC.. 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 BELL LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
1
Formal actions
1

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). 3 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BELL LABORATORIES INC
6501 N TOWNE RD · WINDSOR, WI, 53598
RCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
10Apr 2025View →
BELL LABORATORIES INC
6551 N TOWNE RD · WINDSOR, WI, 53598
AirNo Violation Identified00View →
BELL LABORATORIES INC.
16551 NORTH TOWNE ROAD · WINDSOR, WI, 53598
01View →

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
885844
Operation
C

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 BELL LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$1.4M
Obligated (all-time)
$1.4M
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Agriculture
$785K
Company-wide — BELL LABORATORIES, INC. (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$785K
Obligated (all-time)
$785K
Awards (all-time)
1

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Agriculture$785K
Department of the Interior$628K
Largest awards
  • Department of Agriculture
    COTR: ERIC LANNERS, IPP APPROVER: JULIE SIEGEL. PURCHASE OF BAIT AND BAIT STATIONS FOR RODENT ERADICATION ON WAKE ISLAND ATOLL.
    contract · Last action 2023-09-21
    $784,842
  • Department of the Interior
    HI-MIDWAY ATOLL NWR-RODENTICIDE
    contract · Last action 2023-03-15
    $628,017

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325320 - PESTICIDE AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2023-09-21. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2023-08-03Referral0$0
2023-07-26Referral2$12,585

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BELL LABORATORIES, INC. is one of 1,593 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,593 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BELL LABORATORIES, 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,593 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is BELL LABORATORIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
BELL LABORATORIES, INC. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $12,585 in total penalties.
How does BELL LABORATORIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
BELL LABORATORIES, INC. operates in the pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. BELL LABORATORIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.11 compared to an industry average of 1.4.