Establishment profile
ESSENDANT CO.
100 LIBERTY WAY, CRANBURY, NJ, 08512
Operated by Essendant · 1 of 14 establishments
424120 — Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 362431718
Summary
ESSENDANT CO. has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 1 inspection over 8 years of recorded history, with $7,853 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 24th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 26 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
ESSENDANT CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $7,853 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $7,853 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 |
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
Below average violations in NAICS 4241 within NJ. Peer group: 26 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 3.
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 276 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) · Jul 2021
Most frequent event: Overexertion in lifting, lowering, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2021 | Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ESSENDANT CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ESSENDANT CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in NJ — for Essendant, not this location alone
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 Essendant 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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-CA-322490 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2023 | Sep 2025 | Closed | Region 22, Newark, New Jersey |
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 ESSENDANT CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ESSENDANT CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for ESSENDANT CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-12 | Complaint | 1 | — | $7,853 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
ESSENDANT CO. is one of 14 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Essendant.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Essendant across all 14 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in stationery and office supplies merchant wholesalers within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- OFFICEMATE INTERNATIONAL CORP.EDISON — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Essendant, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- ESSENDANTPERRIS, CA — 1 federal enforcement record
- ESSENDANT CO.COXSACKIE, NY — 1 federal enforcement record
- ESSENDANT CO.CAROL STREAM, IL — 1 federal enforcement record
- ESSENDANT COPORTLAND, OR — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Essendant locationsParent rollup
- Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant WholesalersAll employers in this industry
- Employers in NJState-wide enforcement data
- Stationery and Office in NJIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ESSENDANT CO. 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.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Essendant, which operates 14 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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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is ESSENDANT CO.'s OSHA violation history?
- ESSENDANT CO. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 1 violation and $7,853 in total penalties.
- How does ESSENDANT CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- ESSENDANT CO. operates in the stationery and office supplies merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.7. ESSENDANT CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 8.07 compared to an industry average of 1.3.