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EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC

118 HIGHWAY 99 N, EUGENE, OR, 97402
321212Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
31
over 41 years
Violations
71
$14,835 in penalties
Penalties
$14,835
$209 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
7 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC has accumulated 71 OSHA violations across 31 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $14,835 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 186 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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

Inspections
31
0.8 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
71
1.7 / yr
Penalties
$14,835
$209 avg / violation
52% serious48% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
14 of 31
Inspection trigger · accident
8 of 31

77% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 20 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 · 28 citations in this view · $12,685 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0133$105Feb 1996Jul 2002
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$5,000Mar 2005Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$405Aug 1994Apr 2000
29 CFR 7640.12521$365Mar 1985Mar 1985
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I22$360Jul 1991Dec 1992
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922$105Aug 1994Jul 2002
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I22Feb 1996Jul 2002
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,935May 2022May 2022
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$560Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 7020.14610 D11$500Oct 2014Oct 2014
29 CFR 7010.76001 B C11$500Nov 1994Nov 1994
29 CFR 7640.04001 B11$500Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11$450Mar 2017Mar 2017
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711$350Feb 2010Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211$315Jul 2002Jul 2002
29 CFR 7640.1650211$265Mar 1985Mar 1985
29 CFR 1910.1048 M01 II11$250Mar 1995Mar 1995
29 CFR 7020.0760211$240Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11$240Dec 1992Dec 1992
29 CFR 7790.0200411$240Dec 1992Dec 1992

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3212 within OR. Peer group: 186 employers. This establishment has 71 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
92nd
peer median: $700
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
8
Complaint
14
Accident
8
Referral
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 EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 23, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Blade,Caught In,Finger,Inspection,Jammed,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Lumber,Machine operator,Plywood,Saw,Sawblade,Struck By,Wood,Wood Panel11
Jun 27, 2019Amputated,Amputation,Clearing,Contact,Finger,Saw,Sawblade,Sawdust,Stripping Machine,Unguarded11
Jun 21, 2013HEAD,LOCKOUT,CONCUSSION,FALLING OBJECT,UNTRAINED11
Jan 27, 2005FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,PRESS OPERATOR,PRESS11
Jun 16, 2003FRACTURE,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STORAGE RACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,STORAGE AREA11
Mar 8, 1998AMPUTATED,FINGER,PRESS11
Oct 19, 1994FRACTURE,PANEL,WORK RULES,JAMMED,SAW,CONVEYOR,FALL,ARM,VERTEBRA,UNSTABLE POSITION11

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 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 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 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. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Apr 201511

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2013 – Apr 2015Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant WholesalersFMLA10

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 EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OR — for EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-CA-152754Unfair labor practiceMay 2015Aug 2016ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

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 EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. 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 · 2 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
2425 HIGHWAY 99 NORTH · EUGENE, OR, 97402
RCRANo Violation Identified00May 1999View →
EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS
2426 HIGHWAY 99 N · EUGENE, OR, 97402
RCRANo 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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
741136
Operation
C

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 EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-04-01Complaint1$0
2021-12-28Accident22$1,935
2019-07-01Accident11$560
2016-11-14Complaint0$0
2016-11-14Complaint11$450
2014-06-06Referral11$240
2014-05-29Planned42$620
2014-04-29Complaint0$0
2013-06-26Accident33$4,000
2011-09-20Complaint1$200
2011-08-22Complaint0$0
2010-01-13Complaint11$350
2005-01-28Accident11$1,000
2003-06-17Accident0$0
2002-06-17Planned94$630
2002-06-17Complaint1$0
2000-03-22Complaint21$165
1999-04-08Complaint0$0
1999-03-18Planned61$210
1998-03-19Accident0$0
1996-01-29Complaint42$210
1995-01-13Complaint72$400
1994-10-19Accident11$500
1994-08-15Planned21$240
1994-05-04Planned0$0
1992-11-18Planned43$840
1992-07-28Complaint42$280
1991-06-20Planned53$660
1990-09-26Complaint1$0
1988-07-20Accident11$500
1985-02-19Planned84$845

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS 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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Frequently asked

What is EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC's OSHA violation history?
EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC has 31 OSHA inspections on record with 71 violations and $14,835 in total penalties.
How does EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
EMERALD FOREST PRODUCTS INC operates in the softwood veneer and plywood manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.5.