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BOISE CASCADE LLC

315 COMMERCIAL ST SE, SALEM, OR, 97301
Operated by BOISE CASCADE Co · 1 of 152 establishments
322121Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
EIN 201529142

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OSHA inspections
15
over 41 years
Violations
34
$3,110 in penalties
Penalties
$3,110
$91 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BOISE CASCADE LLC has accumulated 34 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $3,110 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 34 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 19 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

BOISE CASCADE LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
15
0.4 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
34
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$3,110
$91 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
13 of 15
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 15

73% 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 · $3,110 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0122$420Sep 1991Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922$105Sep 1991Feb 1996
29 CFR 7020.04402 B22Jan 1994Nov 1997
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811$700May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$210Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 7020.2420211$210Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11$210Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 7020.22316 B11$195Feb 1996Feb 1996
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$175Feb 1996Feb 1996
29 CFR 1910.0213 I0111$150Jan 1994Jan 1994
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511$105Dec 2001Dec 2001
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$105Jun 1996Jun 1996
29 CFR 7121.00350111$105May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 7124.01150111$105May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 7020.3680111$105May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 1910.1001 K0111$105May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 7121.006502 A11$105May 1990May 1990
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V11May 2007May 2007
29 CFR 7020.10703 B A11Jun 2006Jun 2006
29 CFR 1910.0179 N02 II11Mar 2003Mar 2003

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

88th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3221 within OR. Peer group: 34 employers. This establishment has 34 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
61st
peer median: $1,640
Inspection frequency
94th
peer median: 4

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
2.5
vs industry
+0.5
TRIR
2.9
vs industry
0.0

Reported for 251 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
2.9
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
13
Complaint
1
Follow-up
1

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 LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
19 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 19+ years. Most recent activity: 19 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 BOISE CASCADE LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BOISE CASCADE LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
14
Unfair labor practice
12
Representation (union)
2

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.). 14 cases · 12 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-CA-253497Unfair labor practiceDec 2019Jun 2020ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-252497Unfair labor practiceNov 2019Jun 2020ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-RC-252440Representation electionNov 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-RC-252045Representation electionNov 2019Nov 2019ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-251031Unfair labor practiceNov 2019Jun 2020ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-245879Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Feb 2020ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-245534Unfair labor practiceJul 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-243263Unfair labor practiceJun 2019Feb 2020ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-133389Unfair labor practiceJul 2014Sep 2014ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
06-CA-071614Unfair labor practiceDec 2011Jan 2012ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19-CA-066490Unfair labor practiceOct 2011May 2012ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-064638Unfair labor practiceSep 2011Oct 2011ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010220Unfair labor practiceDec 2007Feb 2008ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
36-CA-010202Unfair labor practiceOct 2007Apr 2008ClosedRegion 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 LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BOISE CASCADE LLC. 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 LLC. 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
2007-04-10Planned1$0
2006-01-31Planned1$0
2003-03-05Planned74$1,050
2002-07-10Planned0$0
2001-10-11Complaint42$105
1997-10-14Planned1$0
1996-01-24Planned11$105
1996-01-22Planned43$475
1995-05-11Planned0$0
1994-01-11Planned31$150
1991-08-16Planned2$0
1990-08-08Follow-up0$0
1990-06-11Planned0$0
1990-03-28Planned86$1,225
1984-12-07Planned2$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 LLC is one of 152 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 152 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 LLC 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 152 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 LLC's OSHA violation history?
BOISE CASCADE LLC has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 34 violations and $3,110 in total penalties.
How does BOISE CASCADE LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
BOISE CASCADE LLC operates in the paper (except newsprint) mills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. BOISE CASCADE LLC's self-reported DART rate is 2.52 compared to an industry average of 2.