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MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION

304 EAST ST., MARATHON, WI, 54448
311513Cheese Manufacturing
EIN 390873270

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OSHA inspections
10
over 40 years
Violations
22
$40,474 in penalties
Penalties
$40,474
$1,840 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $40,474 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 237 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in 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
10
0.3 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
22
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$40,474
$1,840 avg / violation
64% serious36% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 10
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 10

80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $40,474 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D22$12,432Mar 2019Aug 2024
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$12,350Mar 2019Oct 2021
29 CFR 1910.0134 A0221$350Oct 1988Oct 1988
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22Oct 1985Oct 1988
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$6,383Oct 2021Oct 2021
29 CFR 1910.0030 A0111$6,164Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11$1,838Jun 2004Jun 2004
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II D11$957Mar 2019Mar 2019
29 CFR 1910.0140 C1211Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0140 C13 II11Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11Oct 2021Oct 2021
29 CFR 1926.0405 A02 II C11Apr 2013Apr 2013
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0311Jun 2004Jun 2004
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811Oct 1988Oct 1988
29 CFR 1910.1000 C11Oct 1988Oct 1988
29 CFR 1910.1000 E11Oct 1988Oct 1988
29 CFR 1910.0107 C0611Oct 1985Oct 1985
29 CFR 1910.0134 B0111Oct 1985Oct 1985

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

89th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3115 within WI. Peer group: 237 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
90th
peer median: $6,033
Inspection frequency
96th
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
3.6
vs industry
+0.6
TRIR
3.9
vs industry
−0.4

Reported for 1,009 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
4.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.9
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
1
Complaint
5
Referral
3

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 2020 – Mar 2024 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
3
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
Mar 18, 2024Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingOther finger(s) n.e.c.Hospitalized
Oct 14, 2021Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episodeLumbar regionHospitalized
Jul 14, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Mar 26, 2020Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surfaceHip(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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jul 14, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Box,Conveyor,Finger,Fingertip,Pinch Point,Pinched,Troubleshooting11
Mar 26, 2020Concrete,Fall,Fall On Same Level,Fracture,Hip,Metal,Metal fence,Tripped,Walking Surface11

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
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
2

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 · 1,802 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Aug 2006 – Aug 200821,802

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 · 1,802 violations · $0 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2008 – Aug 2008Cheese ManufacturingFMLA11
Mar 2006 – Aug 2006Cheese ManufacturingFMLA1,8011

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 MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-113179Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Oct 2013ClosedRegion 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 MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
48698
Operation
A

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 MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-03-28Unprogrammed Related0$0
2024-03-28Referral11$6,465
2022-03-11Complaint33$6,164
2021-07-21Referral33$12,767
2021-01-12Referral0$0
2018-11-19Complaint32$12,891
2013-01-14Programmed Related1$0
2004-06-02Complaint22$1,838
1988-07-12Complaint63$350
1985-10-08Complaint3$0

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION 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.

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Frequently asked

What is MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $40,473.6 in total penalties.
How does MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION operates in the cheese manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.3. MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 3.62 compared to an industry average of 3.