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KEES, INC.

400 SOUTH INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, ELKHART LAKE, WI, 53020
Operated by KEES,Inc
332322Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
EIN 391280011

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OSHA inspections
7
over 42 years
Violations
25
$19,291 in penalties
Penalties
$19,291
$772 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

KEES, INC. has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $19,291 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 85th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 330 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

KEES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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

Inspections
7
0.2 / yr · last 42 yrs
Violations
25
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$19,291
$772 avg / violation
60% serious40% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 7
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 7

71% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $19,291 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 III11$3,840Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 VII11$3,840Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 II11$2,879Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$1,785May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,785May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,785May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,785May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 IA11$613Jun 2000Jun 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$490Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0411$490Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 III11Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III11Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0254 D09 III11Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.1026 L0111Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.1026 L0211Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I11May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Nov 2005Nov 2005

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

85th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3323 within WI. Peer group: 330 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
87th
peer median: $4,736
Inspection frequency
91st
peer median: 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.

DART rate
3.1
vs industry
+1.2
TRIR
4.6
vs industry
+1.3

Reported for 62 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
3.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.6
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

Planned
4
Complaint
2
Referral
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) · Oct 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with objects and equipment, 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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Oct 24, 2017Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Oct 24, 2017Arm,Bandsaw,Caught In,Laceration,Skin11

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)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for KEES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for KEES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for KEES,Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 KEES,Inc 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-365182Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Jan 2026ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-351176Unfair labor practiceSep 2024Dec 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 KEES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for KEES, 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
KEES INC
400 INDUSTRIAL DR · ELKHART LAKE, WI, 53020
RCRANo Violation Identified00Mar 2006View →

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)

DOT number
2047507
Operation
C

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 KEES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$7K
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Justice
$7K
Largest awards
  • Department of Justice
    10" X 10", 10 GUAGE, #340 STAINLESS STEEL STAMPED PERFORATED VENT COVERS
    contract · Last action 2014-09-08
    $3,410
  • Department of Justice
    VENT COVERS
    contract · Last action 2014-06-26
    $3,410

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332322 - SHEET METAL WORK MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2014-09-08. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-07-31Complaint32$3,840
2024-07-31Complaint74$6,719
2017-10-30Referral0$0
2015-02-19Planned65$7,140
2005-10-27Planned32$980
2000-04-25Planned62$613
1984-03-23Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

KEES, INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization KEES,Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of KEES,Inc across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in sheet metal work manufacturing within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KEES, 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 KEES,Inc.

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 KEES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
KEES, INC. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $19,290.6 in total penalties.
How does KEES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
KEES, INC. operates in the sheet metal work manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.3. KEES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.06 compared to an industry average of 1.9.