Establishment profile
INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.
1600 N. 25TH AVE., MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160
Operated by Interlake Mecalux · 1 of 3 establishments
423830 — Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 364364378
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
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 section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $47,300 | Jul 2015 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D | 1 | 1 | $11,585 | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 1 | 1 | $8,066 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 O01 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2024 | Sep 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
Above average violations in NAICS 4238 within IL. Peer group: 131 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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 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
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) · Jun 2015 – Jul 2025 · 6 in last 5 years
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2025 | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation | |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Struck by falling object unspecified | Trunk and other lower extremities | Hospitalized | |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation | |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation | |
| Apr 18, 2022 | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Jan 26, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Jun 24, 2015 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2017 | Caught Between,Crushed,Guard,Maintenance,Repair | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Apr 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $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 period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 | All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing | FLSA | 1 | 1 | $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
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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-CA-238923 | Unfair labor practice | Apr 2019 | Sep 2019 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-RC-235773 | Representation election | Feb 2019 | Mar 2019 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-CA-234153 | Unfair labor practice | Jan 2019 | Feb 2019 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-CA-231662 | Unfair labor practice | Nov 2018 | Feb 2019 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-CA-231592 | Unfair labor practice | Nov 2018 | Feb 2019 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-CA-184199 | Unfair labor practice | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-RC-180265 | Representation election | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 25-RC-155582 | Representation election | Jul 2015 | Aug 2015 | Closed | Region 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
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INTERLAKE MECALUX INC 1600 NORTH 25TH AVENUE · MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2020 | 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.
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $11,585 | |
| 2024-09-12 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2024-07-18 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $8,066 | |
| 2023-01-27 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-02-02 | Referral | 1 | — | $44,000 | |
| 2015-07-01 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $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.
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- MANCHESTER TANK & EQUIPMENT COMPANYQUINCY — 1 federal enforcement record
- BOLZONI AURAMO, INC.HOMEWOOD — 1 federal enforcement record
- MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC./MHS TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.ADDISON — 1 federal enforcement record
- RITTER TECHNOLOGY, LLCALSIP — 1 federal enforcement record
- SANTANA EQUIPMENT TRADING COMPANY L.L.C.GURNEE — 1 federal enforcement record
- G&D INTEGRATED SERVICES, INC.PEORIA — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Interlake Mecalux, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.PONTIAC, IL — 3 federal enforcement records
- INTERLAKE MECALUX, INC.MELROSE PARK, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Interlake Mecalux locationsParent rollup
- Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant WholesalersAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Industrial Machinery and in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
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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Contact sales →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.