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KOHLER CO.

95 RL RUNNELS INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, HATTIESBURG, MS, 39401
Operated by Kohler Engines Hattiesburg
335312Motor and Generator Manufacturing
EIN 390402810

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OSHA inspections
8
over 25 years
Violations
5
$6,575 in penalties
Penalties
$6,575
$1,315 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

KOHLER CO. has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $6,575 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 58th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 13 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 83rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.3 / yr · last 25 yrs
Violations
5
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$6,575
$1,315 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 8

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $6,575 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II11$1,700Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,625Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,625Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0243 C0311$1,625Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611Mar 2022Mar 2022

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

58th

Above average violations in NAICS 3353 within MS. Peer group: 13 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
58th
peer median: $4,131
Inspection frequency
83rd
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
1.2
vs industry
+0.2
TRIR
1.8
vs industry
0.0

Reported for 906 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
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.8
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
2
Complaint
2
Referral
3
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) · Apr 2015 – Feb 2016

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Feb 19, 2016Fall on same level due to tripping over an objectLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Dec 3, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation
Apr 16, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningForearm(s)Hospitalized

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
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0
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 · 2 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Nov 202312

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. 2 cases · 2 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2023 – Nov 2023All Other Miscellaneous ManufacturingFMLA21
Dec 2020 – Dec 2022Motor and Generator Manufacturing0

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 KOHLER CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for KOHLER CO.. 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 KOHLER CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

CPSC product recalls

Total recalls
2
Last 5 years
0
Last 12 months
0
Units recalled
0

Top hazard: The hinge panel of the shower door can shatter, posing a laceration hazard.. Most recent recall: 2011-07-27. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission, matched on company name.

CPSC recall roster

Every CPSC consumer-product recall associated with this manufacturer, most-recent first. Hazards reflect CPSC’s classification (laceration, fire, fall, choking, lead exposure, etc.). Each row links to the agency’s authoritative recall page for the full remedy / contact / recall-number detail. 2 recalls shown · 2 distinct hazard categories.

RecallDateHazardsUnitsCPSC
Kohler Co. Announces Recall of Shower Doors Due to Laceration Hazard
#11286
Jul 2011The hinge panel of the shower door can shatter, posing a laceration hazard.View →
Kohler Recalls Engines Sold with Husqvarna, Cub Cadet, and Troy-Bilt Riding Lawn Tractors; Laceration Hazard Posed
#11215
May 2011A wire connector on the engine can become disconnected causing the operator's seat switch to fail. When this happens, the blades will not shut down, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.View →

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission. Recall details (specific products, sale dates, remedy instructions) live on the cpsc.gov record linked from each row.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-09-15Follow-up0$0
2022-03-02Complaint1$0
2019-03-20Complaint0$0
2015-12-08Referral0$0
2015-04-24Referral0$0
2010-01-12Referral0$0
2001-05-29Planned33$4,875
2001-02-28Planned11$1,700

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

KOHLER CO. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Kohler Engines Hattiesburg.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Kohler Engines Hattiesburg across all 1 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 KOHLER CO. 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 Kohler Engines Hattiesburg.

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Frequently asked

What is KOHLER CO.'s OSHA violation history?
KOHLER CO. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $6,575 in total penalties.
How does KOHLER CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
KOHLER CO. operates in the motor and generator manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.8. KOHLER CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.24 compared to an industry average of 1.