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INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.

1600 N. 25TH AVE., MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160
Operated by Interlake Mecalux · 1 of 3 establishments
423830Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 364364378

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OSHA inspections
6
over 11 years
Violations
5
$66,951 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 11 years of recorded history, with $66,951 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 76th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 131 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.5 / yr · last 11 yrs
Violations
5
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$66,951
$13,390 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 6

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $66,951 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$47,300Jul 2015Mar 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$11,585Sep 2025Sep 2025
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$8,066Sep 2024Sep 2024
29 CFR 1910.0178 O0111Sep 2024Sep 2024

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

76th

Above average violations in NAICS 4238 within IL. Peer group: 131 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,155
Inspection frequency
98th
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
13.7
vs industry
+12.8
TRIR
15.3
vs industry
+13.8

Reported for 216 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
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
15.3
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

Referral
4

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) · Jun 2015 – Jul 2025 · 6 in last 5 years

Reports
8
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
6
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Jul 15, 2025Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operationOther finger(s) n.e.c.Amputation
Jul 12, 2024Struck by falling object unspecifiedTrunk and other lower extremitiesHospitalized
Feb 14, 2024Caught or wedged between objects nonrunningFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
Oct 23, 2023Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation
Sep 12, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Apr 18, 2022Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Jan 26, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationHand(s) and wrist(s)Hospitalized
Jun 24, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
Jan 26, 2017Caught Between,Crushed,Guard,Maintenance,Repair11

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$8,013
Employees affected
1

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 · $8,013 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeApr 2017111$8,013

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 · $8,013 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2016 – Apr 2017All Other General Purpose Machinery ManufacturingFLSA11$8,013

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 INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
5
Representation (union)
3

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 Interlake Mecalux 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.). 8 cases · 5 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
25-CA-238923Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-235773Representation electionFeb 2019Mar 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-234153Unfair labor practiceJan 2019Feb 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-231662Unfair labor practiceNov 2018Feb 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-231592Unfair labor practiceNov 2018Feb 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-184199Unfair labor practiceSep 2016Oct 2016ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-180265Representation electionJul 2016Aug 2016ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-155582Representation electionJul 2015Aug 2015ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

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

Total applications
25
Certified
25
Avg wage ratio
1.07x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for INTERLAKE MECALUX, 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
INTERLAKE MECALUX INC
1600 NORTH 25TH AVENUE · MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00Aug 2020View →

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 contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$55K
Obligated (all-time)
$113K
Awards
12
Top agency
National Gallery of Art
$55K
Company-wide — ACEROLUX SL (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$55K
Obligated (all-time)
$55K
Awards (all-time)
1

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
National Gallery of Art$55K
Department of Defense$41K
Department of State$11K
Department of Justice$7K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 493190 - OTHER WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE. Last action: 2023-10-31. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-07-18Referral11$11,585
2024-09-12Monitoring0$0
2024-07-18Referral22$8,066
2023-01-27Monitoring0$0
2017-02-02Referral1$44,000
2015-07-01Referral11$3,300

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Interlake Mecalux.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Interlake Mecalux across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 Interlake Mecalux, which operates 3 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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Frequently asked

What is INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $66,950.5 in total penalties.
How does INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC. operates in the industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 13.7 compared to an industry average of 0.9.