TORKELSON CHEESE CO. is a cheese manufacturing employer in LENA, IL. Federal records show 2 OSHA inspections with 2 violations and $4,900 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 1, 2026.
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Inspection History
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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- V & V SUPREMO FOODS, INC. — CHICAGO — 2 federal records
- KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY — CHAMPAIGN — 2 federal records
- LIPARI FOODS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC DBA THE DELI SOURCE LLC — ANTIOCH — 1 federal record
- BERNER FOODS, INC. — DAKOTA — 1 federal record
- CHEESE MERCHANTS OF AMERICA L.L.C. — BARTLETT — 1 federal record
- ARTHUR SCHUMAN MIDWEST, LLC — ELGIN — 1 federal record
- MANCUSO CHEESE COMPANY — JOLIET — 1 federal record
- CHELLINO CHEESE CO. — JOLIET — 1 federal record
- STOCKTON CHEESE, INC. — STOCKTON — 1 federal record
Industry context
Within the cheese manufacturing industry in IL, TORKELSON CHEESE CO. ranks in the 48th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 59 comparable establishments.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 50th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 41th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 4.3 for the cheese manufacturing sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 3.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 14 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is TORKELSON CHEESE CO.'s OSHA violation history?
- TORKELSON CHEESE CO. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $4,900 in total penalties.
- How does TORKELSON CHEESE CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- TORKELSON CHEESE CO. operates in the cheese manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.3.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TORKELSON CHEESE CO. of LENA, IL from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 3 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, EPA ECHO environmental compliance, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 14 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 1, 2026.
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