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CITY OF WATERLOO

715 MULBERRY STREET, WATERLOO, IA, 50703
Operated by City of Waterloo · 1 of 8 establishments
922120Police Protection

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OSHA inspections
1
over 12 years
Violations
2
$4,004 in penalties
Penalties
$4,004
$2,002 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

CITY OF WATERLOO has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 12 years of recorded history, with $4,004 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 47th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 107 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

CITY OF WATERLOO 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.1 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
2
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$4,004
$2,002 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $4,004 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0211$3,511Oct 2021Oct 2021
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111$493Oct 2021Oct 2021

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

47th

Below average violations in NAICS 9221 within IA. Peer group: 107 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
77th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
3.6
vs industry
+0.9
TRIR
4.7
vs industry
−0.1

Reported for 726 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
4.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.7
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

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 CITY OF WATERLOO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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 periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2011 – Nov 2013Local Transit Systems0

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 CITY OF WATERLOO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CITY OF WATERLOO. 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 CITY OF WATERLOO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CITY OF WATERLOO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$76K
Obligated (all-time)
$534K
Awards
50
Top agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
$470K
Company-wide — CITY OF WATERLOO (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$-5900
Obligated (all-time)
$320K
Awards (all-time)
48

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$470K
General Services Administration$62K
Department of Homeland Security$2K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 813311 - HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. Last action: 2025-08-29. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2021-08-04Complaint21$4,004

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CITY OF WATERLOO is one of 8 establishments rolled up under the parent organization City of Waterloo.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of City of Waterloo across all 8 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in police protection within IA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by City of Waterloo, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CITY OF WATERLOO from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 City of Waterloo, which operates 8 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 CITY OF WATERLOO's OSHA violation history?
CITY OF WATERLOO has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 2 violations and $4,004 in total penalties.
How does CITY OF WATERLOO's safety record compare to its industry?
CITY OF WATERLOO operates in the police protection industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.8. CITY OF WATERLOO's self-reported DART rate is 3.57 compared to an industry average of 2.7.