Establishment profile
CARSTIN BRANDS LLC
520 EAST 2ND STREET, ARTHUR, IL, 61911
423320 — Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 452840050
Summary
CARSTIN BRANDS LLC has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $37,011 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 179 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
CARSTIN BRANDS LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in 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
80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $37,011 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $18,755 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $3,850 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $3,850 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 A02 | 1 | 1 | $2,940 | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 G01 | 1 | 1 | $2,156 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0039 A02 | 1 | 1 | $2,000 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II | 1 | 1 | $1,960 | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Jun 2015 | Jun 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 A02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
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 nearly every other employer in NAICS 4233 within IL. Peer group: 179 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 130 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) · Apr 2015 – Dec 2018
Most frequent event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2018 | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation | |
| Apr 28, 2015 | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Fingertip(s) | 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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2018 | Amputated,Amputation,Caught By,Finger | 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 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 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 breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 2 statutes · 86 violations · $27,711 in backwages · $6,200 in civil penalties
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Nov 2013 | 1 | 82 | 81 | $27,711 | — |
| FLSA Child Labor 2 minors involved | Nov 2013 | 1 | 4 | — | — | $6,200 |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
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 · 86 violations · $27,711 in backwages · $6,200 in civil penalties · 83 workers affected · 1 child-labor case (2 minors)
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2011 – Nov 2013 | Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing | FLSAChild Labor 2 minors | 86 | 83 | $27,711 | $6,200 |
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 CARSTIN BRANDS LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CARSTIN BRANDS LLC. 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 CARSTIN BRANDS LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
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). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CARSTIN BRANDS INC 520 EAST 2ND STREET · ARTHUR, IL, 61911 | AirRCRATRI | No Violation Identified | 2 | 0 | — | Dec 2023 | View → |
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)
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 CARSTIN BRANDS LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-12 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-12-28 | Referral | 2 | — | $18,755 | |
| 2015-05-28 | Referral | 2 | 1 | $3,500 | |
| 2014-11-21 | Complaint | 5 | 5 | $9,856 | |
| 2014-05-06 | Complaint | 4 | 4 | $4,900 |
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 CARSTIN BRANDS 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is CARSTIN BRANDS LLC's OSHA violation history?
- CARSTIN BRANDS LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $37,011 in total penalties.
- How does CARSTIN BRANDS LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- CARSTIN BRANDS LLC operates in the brick, stone, and related construction material merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3. CARSTIN BRANDS LLC's self-reported DART rate is 6.27 compared to an industry average of 2.3.