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MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC

1532 E. OKLAHOMA AVENUE, MILWAUKEE, WI, 53207
Operated by Milwaukee Force LLC
332111Iron and Steel Forging
EIN 271867572

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OSHA inspections
24
over 52 years
Violations
128
$68,272 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 8 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC has accumulated 128 OSHA violations across 24 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $68,272 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 90 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th 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

MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC 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
24
0.5 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
128
2.5 / yr
Penalties
$68,272
$533 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
9 of 24
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 24

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 11 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 · 49 citations in this view · $29,030 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0344$6,760Apr 1976Jan 2023
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0144$1,000Apr 1976Oct 2018
5A000133$4,825Nov 1994Jan 2011
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0133$3,375Nov 1978Oct 2018
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$1,890Apr 1976Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0026 C02 VII33$1,125Apr 1976Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0132$1,100Nov 1994Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0218 G0121$3,300Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I22$2,000Nov 1994Jan 2011
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0222$1,875Nov 1994Nov 2002
29 CFR 1910.0218 A02 I22$750Apr 1976Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922$550Apr 1976Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0122$160Apr 1976Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0522$160Apr 1976Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 B 03000422$160Apr 1976Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122Nov 1994Oct 2018
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0722Nov 1994Oct 2018
29 CFR 1910.0179 B0522Apr 1976Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0146 D1422Nov 1994Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01102222Apr 1976Nov 1978

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3321 within WI. Peer group: 90 employers. This establishment has 128 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $7,372
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 3

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
1.4
vs industry
−1.9
TRIR
11.9
vs industry
+6.5

Reported for 122 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
5.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
11.9
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
9
Complaint
8
Referral
4
Follow-up
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 2016 – Aug 2022 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, 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
Aug 16, 2022Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Mar 14, 2016Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadwayBrainHospitalized

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
Aug 29, 1995DIE,MAINTENANCE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,RAM11

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)

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

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for Milwaukee Force LLC, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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 Milwaukee Force LLC 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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-197847Unfair labor practiceMay 2017May 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-155739Unfair labor practiceJul 2015Aug 2015ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-114550Unfair labor practiceOct 2013Feb 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018100Unfair labor practiceAug 2008Oct 2008ClosedRegion 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 MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC. 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
MILWAUKEE FORGE
1532 E OKLAHOMA AVE · MILWAUKEE, WI, 53207
RCRATRINo Violation Identified00View →

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
881624
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 MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-01-08Complaint0$0
2022-09-23Referral11$6,000
2018-04-17Complaint42$1,500
2012-08-16Complaint55$4,292
2010-10-20Referral33$7,200
2008-07-09Complaint0$0
2007-03-12Referral77$3,750
2007-02-28Planned22$1,500
2002-08-14Planned1$0
2002-08-14Planned1810$19,075
1999-01-26Planned64$4,800
1995-08-30Referral0$0
1994-09-22Planned167$14,575
1994-09-22Planned3023$4,650
1993-03-24Complaint1$0
1991-10-21Complaint0$0
1982-04-27Planned0$0
1979-01-09Follow-up0$0
1978-11-06Complaint9$480
1977-06-28Follow-up0$0
1977-03-30Complaint0$0
1976-11-12Follow-up1$0
1976-04-08Planned23$300
1974-01-17Planned1$150

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Milwaukee Force LLC.

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC 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 Milwaukee Force LLC.

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Frequently asked

What is MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC's OSHA violation history?
MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC has 24 OSHA inspections on record with 128 violations and $68,272 in total penalties.
How does MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC operates in the iron and steel forging industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.4. MILWAUKEE FORGE, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 1.4 compared to an industry average of 3.3.