Establishment profile
GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.
2200 BURR OAK AVE., BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406
Operated by Universal Forest Product · 1 of 2 establishments
321912 — Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
Summary
GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC. has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $17,055 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 434 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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
75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $17,055 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 I01 | 2 | 2 | $10,955 | May 2015 | Dec 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | May 2015 | May 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $1,050 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,050 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H | 1 | 1 | $550 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $550 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 G02 | 1 | 1 | $550 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | $550 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0038 A01 | 1 | 1 | $550 | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 II | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | May 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | May 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 I | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | May 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1994 | Jul 1994 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3219 within IL. Peer group: 434 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; 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 51 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) · Mar 2016 – Aug 2017
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Ankle(s) | 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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2017 | Blade,Hand,Laceration,Machine Guarding,Saw,Struck Against | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
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 GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, 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). 1 facility · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER 2201 DAVIS ST · BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406 | Air | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
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)
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 GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
- Department of DefensePLYWOOD, CDX 3/4" THICK X 4' WIDE X 8'contract · Last action 2008-09-18$10,620
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 423310 - LUMBER, PLYWOOD, MILLWORK, AND WOOD PANEL MERCHANT WHOLESALERS. Last action: 2008-09-18. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-07 | Referral | 1 | — | $8,873 | |
| 2016-04-06 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2015-04-23 | Complaint | 5 | 3 | $3,332 | |
| 1994-06-21 | Complaint | 8 | 7 | $4,850 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Universal Forest Product.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Universal Forest Product across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- AETNA PLYWOOD, INC.CICERO — 1 federal enforcement record
- HEARTLAND HARDWOOD PRODUCTS, INC.EFFINGHAM — 1 federal enforcement record
- NEWLINE HARDWOODS, INCBEARDSTOWN — 1 federal enforcement record
- SIMONTON HARDWOOD LUMBER LLCCARLYLE — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Universal Forest Product locationsParent rollup
- Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and PlaningAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Cut Stock, Resawing in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, 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.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Universal Forest Product, which operates 2 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 GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $17,054.5 in total penalties.
- How does GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC. operates in the cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.4. GREAT NORTHERN LUMBER, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 11.4 compared to an industry average of 3.6.