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FASTENAL COMPANY

5800 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, LOVES PARK, IL, 61111
Operated by FASTENAL CO · 1 of 111 establishments
332710Machine Shops
EIN 410948415

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OSHA inspections
3
over 14 years
Violations
5
$17,950 in penalties
Penalties
$17,950
$3,590 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

FASTENAL COMPANY has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 14 years of recorded history, with $17,950 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 59th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 639 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 74th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

FASTENAL COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and MSHA mine safety records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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

Inspections
3
0.2 / yr · last 14 yrs
Violations
5
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$17,950
$3,590 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 3
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 3

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

59th

Above average violations in NAICS 3327 within IL. Peer group: 639 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $1,785
Inspection frequency
74th
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
13.1
vs industry
+11.6
TRIR
13.1
vs industry
+10.4

Reported for 17 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
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
13.1
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
Referral
1
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) · Sep 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.

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
Sep 25, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 FASTENAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Violations
2
Assessed penalties
$216

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other FASTENAL CO operations in the same state.

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for FASTENAL COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for FASTENAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for FASTENAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — FASTENAL COMPANY (across 20 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$47.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$173.6M
Awards (all-time)
2,852

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-10-06Referral11$3,500
2012-06-27Follow-up0$0
2011-08-01Complaint44$14,450

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FASTENAL COMPANY is one of 111 establishments rolled up under the parent organization FASTENAL CO.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of FASTENAL CO across all 111 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in machine shops within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by FASTENAL CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FASTENAL COMPANY 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 FASTENAL CO, which operates 111 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.

Frequently asked

What is FASTENAL COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
FASTENAL COMPANY has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $17,950 in total penalties.
How does FASTENAL COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
FASTENAL COMPANY operates in the machine shops industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.7. FASTENAL COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 13.14 compared to an industry average of 1.5.