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BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.

400 RED PINE COURT, PRENTICE, WI, 54556
Operated by BiewerWisconsin Sawmill, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
321113Sawmills

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OSHA inspections
6
over 11 years
Violations
16
$103,425 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 11 years of recorded history, with $103,425 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 73rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 135 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.5 / yr · last 11 yrs
Violations
16
1.5 / yr
Penalties
$103,425
$6,464 avg / violation
69% serious31% other
Inspection trigger · referral
5 of 6
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 6

83% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $103,425 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I33$29,757Nov 2017Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0322$17,357Nov 2017Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$3,430Aug 2015Nov 2017
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$10,427Aug 2025Aug 2025
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$10,140Nov 2017Nov 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I11$8,680Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II B11$8,680Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II D11$6,200Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0265 C04 IV11$4,956Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$3,798Aug 2025Aug 2025
29 CFR 1910.1030 C02 I B11Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0137 B02 VIII11Aug 2015Aug 2015

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

73rd

Above average violations in NAICS 3211 within WI. Peer group: 135 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 8.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $5,013
Inspection frequency
88th
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
1.8
vs industry
−1.0
TRIR
2.7
vs industry
−1.5

Reported for 100 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
4.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.7
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

Complaint
1
Referral
5

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) · Mar 2015 – Jun 2025 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
6
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
4
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 18, 2025Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feetMultiple trunk locationsHospitalized
May 6, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Sep 13, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedHand(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Sep 5, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
May 25, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Mar 26, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Sep 13, 2018Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught By,Guardrail,Hand11
Sep 5, 2018Abrasion,Belt,Caught Between,Finger,Fracture,Installing,Laceration,Nip Point,Sprocket,Thumb11
May 25, 2017Amputation,Caught In,Crushing,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Robotics1

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

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 BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, 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 BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, 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 BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$4K
Obligated (all-time)
$4K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Agriculture
$4K
Company-wide — BIEWER LUMBER, LLC (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$4K
Obligated (all-time)
$194K
Awards (all-time)
9

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

Largest awards
  • Department of Agriculture
    CRYSTAL PALACE TS BRUSH PILE PROJECT
    contract · Last action 2024-01-10
    $4,000

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 113110 - TIMBER TRACT OPERATIONS. Last action: 2024-01-10. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-06-24Referral22$14,225
2018-09-14Referral21$21,080
2018-09-14Referral63$54,550
2017-06-06Referral44$10,140
2017-02-10Complaint0$0
2015-04-01Referral21$3,430

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BiewerWisconsin Sawmill, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BiewerWisconsin Sawmill, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, 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 BiewerWisconsin Sawmill, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $103,424.7 in total penalties.
How does BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. operates in the sawmills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.81 compared to an industry average of 2.8.