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EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC

4345 S. PACKERS AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL, 60609
Operated by Edsal
337124Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
28
over 41 years
Violations
93
$311,897 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 4 hospitalizations · 8 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC has accumulated 93 OSHA violations across 28 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $311,897 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 216 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and CPSC product recalls 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, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
28
0.7 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
93
2.3 / yr
Penalties
$311,897
$3,354 avg / violation
74% serious26% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
13 of 28
Inspection trigger · referral
11 of 28

61% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 14 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 · 34 citations in this view · $260,427 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$39,050Mar 2011Jun 2025
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0133$6,268Jan 2005May 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I22$36,550Mar 2015Jun 2025
29 CFR 1910.0147 D22$29,484Sep 2018Jun 2025
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$22,500Mar 2011Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0122$22,000Mar 2011Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0322$14,500Mar 2011Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0176 A22$10,615Mar 2015May 2017
29 CFR 1910.1200 H22$4,500Jan 2003Aug 2003
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0122$3,500Jan 2003Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0722$3,010Jan 2005Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122$2,500Mar 1985Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 I A11$20,000Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$16,550Jun 2025Jun 2025
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11$9,000Mar 2021Mar 2021
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IX11$5,500Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$4,400Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0107 L02 I11$3,500Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0107 D0211$3,500Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0036 H0311$3,500Sep 2013Sep 2013

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3371 within IL. Peer group: 216 employers. This establishment has 93 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
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
3.7
vs industry
+1.4
TRIR
5.7
vs industry
+1.8

Reported for 637 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
3.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.7
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

Planned
1
Complaint
13
Referral
11
Follow-up
1

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) · Mar 2017 – Mar 2025 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
5
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Mar 18, 2025Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
Nov 19, 2020Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other objectMultiple body parts, unspecifiedHospitalized
Nov 12, 2018Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.Leg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 20, 2018Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Jun 11, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 6, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Mar 9, 2017Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedMultiple body parts, 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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 19, 2020Backing Up,Caught Between,Concussion,Dock,Fence,Forklift,Forks,Fracture,Guardrail,Load Shift,Maintenance,Moving,Pinned,Rolling,Slope,Sloping,Struck By,Trailer,Welding11
Jun 15, 2020Infectious DiseaseFatality11
Jun 11, 2018Caught Between,Chain,Finger,Fracture,Sprocket11
Jul 6, 2017Crushed,Finger,Punch Press11
Mar 9, 2017Aerial Lift,Arm,Fracture,Hip,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Rib,Run Over,Struck By11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
2 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for Edsal, not this location alone

Total cases
5
Unfair labor practice
5

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 Edsal 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.). 5 cases · 5 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-044076Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jun 2007ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041361Unfair labor practiceSep 2003Aug 2004ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041057Unfair labor practiceMay 2003Aug 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041049Unfair labor practiceMay 2003May 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041048Unfair labor practiceMay 2003May 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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 EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
EDSAL MANUFACTURING CO INC
4345 S PACKERS AVE · CHICAGO, IL, 60609
TRI00View →
EDSAL MANUFACTURING CO., INC
4345 S. PACKER AVENUE · CHICAGO, IL, 60609
AirNo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

CPSC product recalls

Total recalls
1
Last 5 years
0
Last 12 months
0
Units recalled
0

Top hazard: The shelves can fail to support the 800-pound weight load as stated on the packaging, posing an injury hazard to the consumer.. Most recent recall: 2021-02-10. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission, matched on company name.

CPSC recall roster

Every CPSC consumer-product recall associated with this manufacturer, most-recent first. Hazards reflect CPSC’s classification (laceration, fire, fall, choking, lead exposure, etc.). Each row links to the agency’s authoritative recall page for the full remedy / contact / recall-number detail. 1 recall shown · 1 distinct hazard categories.

RecallDateHazardsUnitsCPSC
Edsal Recalls 2.2 Million Shelving Units Due to Injury Hazard
#21076
Feb 2021The shelves can fail to support the 800-pound weight load as stated on the packaging, posing an injury hazard to the consumer.View →

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission. Recall details (specific products, sale dates, remedy instructions) live on the cpsc.gov record linked from each row.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-04-17Referral0$0
2025-04-04Referral1$1,655
2025-03-26Referral44$66,200
2020-11-23Referral11$9,000
2020-06-18Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2018-11-08Monitoring0$0
2018-06-19Referral22$12,934
2017-07-14Referral0$0
2017-03-15Referral22$12,385
2016-09-07Referral0$0
2016-09-06Follow-up0$0
2014-09-23Complaint2415$130,100
2014-09-23Complaint73$10,900
2013-04-01Complaint1716$37,500
2010-11-02Complaint98$13,500
2008-09-25Complaint1$0
2007-08-17Complaint44$1,785
2007-04-05Referral0$0
2006-12-18Complaint0$0
2004-12-20Complaint22$1,488
2004-08-03Referral0$0
2003-07-30Complaint2$3,500
2002-11-13Referral22$2,500
2002-10-31Complaint99$8,000
2001-12-10Complaint0$0
2001-04-05Complaint0$0
2000-04-28Complaint1$0
1985-03-19Planned51$450

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Edsal.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Edsal across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 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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Frequently asked

What is EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC's OSHA violation history?
EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC has 28 OSHA inspections on record with 93 violations and $311,896.5 in total penalties.
How does EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC operates in the metal household furniture manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.9. EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 3.71 compared to an industry average of 2.3.
Has EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving EDSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC.