Establishment profile
CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.
505 WEST 43RD STREET, CHICAGO, IL, 60609
321920 — Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
Summary
CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC. has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $18,248 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 434 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in 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.
OSHA workplace safety
63% 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $18,248 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 I01 | 2 | 2 | $650 | Aug 1988 | Jun 2003 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $5,432 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II D | 1 | 1 | $3,880 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $1,200 | Mar 2011 | Mar 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $450 | Jun 2003 | Jun 2003 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $436 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 R04 | 1 | 1 | $200 | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2011 | Mar 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 B03 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 H03 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1988 | Aug 1988 |
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 most other employers in NAICS 3219 within IL. Peer group: 434 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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 30 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 2018
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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 2, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2018 | Blade,Fall,Finger,Laceration,Lost Balance,Table Saw | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 – May 2015 | Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing | — | — | 0 | — | — |
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 CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY 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 CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY 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 CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-01 | Planned | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | |
| 2018-05-10 | Referral | 4 | 3 | $9,748 | |
| 2014-12-15 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2012-03-06 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2011-01-21 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2011-01-07 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | |
| 2003-05-29 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $900 | |
| 1988-06-29 | Planned | 8 | 2 | $400 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $18,248 in total penalties.
- How does CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC. operates in the wood container and pallet manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.9. CARDINAL PALLET COMPANY INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.6.