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BOISE CASCADE COMPANY

1274 BOISE RD, KETTLE FALLS, WA, 99141
Operated by BOISE CASCADE Co · 1 of 154 establishments
322121Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
EIN 201559691

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OSHA inspections
24
over 35 years
Violations
33
$43,805 in penalties
Penalties
$43,805
$1,327 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

BOISE CASCADE COMPANY has accumulated 33 OSHA violations across 24 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $43,805 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BOISE CASCADE COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
24
0.7 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
33
0.9 / yr
Penalties
$43,805
$1,327 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
12 of 24
Inspection trigger · referral
5 of 24

46% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 23 citations in this view · $43,805 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 0249.560507 B 0133$975Oct 1990Jul 1992
29 CFR 0246.820302 B22Oct 1990Mar 1991
296-24-95711(2)11$12,500May 2024May 2024
296-800-1101011$12,500May 2024May 2024
296-78-515(1)(C)11$3,600Apr 2016Apr 2016
296-842-12005(1)11$2,754Feb 2026Feb 2026
296-842-1300511$2,754Feb 2026Feb 2026
296-841-20010(1)11$2,754Feb 2026Feb 2026
296-841-20005(1)11$2,754Feb 2026Feb 2026
296-841-2002011$2,754Feb 2026Feb 2026
29 CFR 8001.503011$300Nov 2010Nov 2010
29 CFR 0242.05130311$160Jan 1992Jan 1992
296-842-1400511Feb 2026Feb 2026
296-78-71011(3)11Feb 2023Feb 2023
296-78-71011(4)(D)11Feb 2023Feb 2023
296-840-140(1)11Mar 2022Mar 2022
296-840-150(1)(B)11Mar 2022Mar 2022
296-840-105(3)11Mar 2022Mar 2022
29 CFR 8001.30200111Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 0246.500111Jan 1992Jan 1992

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3221 within WA. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 33 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
89th
peer median: $2,250
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 2

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
3.9
vs industry
+1.9
TRIR
5.2
vs industry
+2.3

Reported for 86 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
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.2
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
5
Complaint
12
Referral
5
Follow-up
2

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 BOISE CASCADE COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
2 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

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 · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing1

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 BOISE CASCADE COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WA — for BOISE CASCADE Co, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
5
Representation (union)
1

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 BOISE CASCADE Co 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 · 5 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-RD-321794Representation electionJul 2023Sep 2023ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-152978Unfair labor practiceMay 2015Oct 2015ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-031111Unfair labor practiceNov 2007May 2008ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-030762Unfair labor practiceMar 2007May 2007ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-030637Unfair labor practiceDec 2006Feb 2007ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-030605Unfair labor practiceNov 2006Jan 2009ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

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 BOISE CASCADE COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BOISE CASCADE COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BOISE CASCADE COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS, LLC (across 18 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$6.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$72.3M
Awards (all-time)
16,418

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-05-06Complaint0$0
2026-05-06Complaint0$0
2025-09-17Complaint0$0
2025-09-17Complaint65$13,770
2025-02-26Follow-up0$0
2024-03-19Referral0$0
2024-02-01Complaint0$0
2023-12-04Complaint22$25,000
2023-11-30Complaint0$0
2022-12-19Complaint2$0
2022-06-23Complaint0$0
2021-11-16Complaint3$0
2016-03-01Referral11$3,600
2015-06-05Complaint0$0
2010-07-19Referral0$0
2010-07-19Referral11$300
2010-06-29Referral1$0
1994-08-12Follow-up0$0
1992-06-17Planned11$975
1991-12-26Planned21$160
1991-12-23Planned0$0
1991-10-28Complaint0$0
1991-02-14Planned4$0
1990-10-01Planned10$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BOISE CASCADE COMPANY is one of 154 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BOISE CASCADE Co.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BOISE CASCADE Co across all 154 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 BOISE CASCADE COMPANY 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 BOISE CASCADE Co, which operates 154 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 BOISE CASCADE COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
BOISE CASCADE COMPANY has 24 OSHA inspections on record with 33 violations and $43,805 in total penalties.
How does BOISE CASCADE COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
BOISE CASCADE COMPANY operates in the paper (except newsprint) mills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. BOISE CASCADE COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 3.9 compared to an industry average of 2.