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MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION

14000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, 55344
Operated by Illinois Tool Works · 1 of 155 establishments
334519Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
8
over 43 years
Violations
17
$13,265 in penalties
Penalties
$13,265
$780 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $13,265 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 142 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
17
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$13,265
$780 avg / violation
88% serious12% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 8

75% 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. 15 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $13,265 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 5205.089022$1,470Feb 2004Feb 2009
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$1,365Feb 2004Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11$2,450Jan 2016Jan 2016
29 CFR 5205.087011$1,715Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03II11$1,715Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$840Feb 2004Feb 2004
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$735Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$630Feb 2009Feb 2009
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0211$630Feb 2004Feb 2004
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0311$630Feb 2004Feb 2004
29 CFR 5205.01160111$630Feb 2004Feb 2004
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03IV11$245Nov 2014Nov 2014
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$210Feb 2009Feb 2009
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0134 G01 I11Feb 2004Feb 2004

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3345 within MN. Peer group: 142 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $490
Inspection frequency
99th
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
0.3
vs industry
−0.5
TRIR
0.9
vs industry
−0.3

Reported for 870 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
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.9
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
5
Complaint
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
10 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,020
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 · 1 violation · $2,020 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJul 2006111$2,020

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 · $2,020 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2006 – Jul 2006Other Electronic Component ManufacturingFLSA11$2,020

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 MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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
MTS SYSTEMS CORP
14000 TECHNOLOGY DR · EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, 55344
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Jun 2023View →

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 criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$400K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Import / Export

First case: 2008-03-20. Most recent: 2008-03-20. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $400,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. MTS Systems Corporation
MTS Systems Corp. · MTSC
Mar 2008pleaImport / ExportMinnesota$400,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$11.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$76.7M
Awards
1,016
Top agency
Department of Defense
$45.6M
Company-wide — MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION (across 7 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$430K
Obligated (all-time)
$68.9M
Awards (all-time)
1,062

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$45.6M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$16.1M
Department of Commerce$6.2M
Department of Transportation$3.9M
Department of Health and Human Services$2.9M
Largest awards (top 50 of 1,016)
  • Department of Defense
    DESIGN AND FABRICATION
    contract · Last action 2012-09-25
    $2,957,731
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    PROCUREMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A STRUCTURAL AEROSPACE TESTING LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF ET30. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED HEREIN AND THE VENDOR'S QUOTATION #LSR04261301 DATED 04/29/2013 AND AS REVISED IN EMAIL DATED 07/18/2013 FROM THE VENDOR.
    contract · Last action 2014-06-27
    $2,880,000
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    LAUNCH EQUIPMENT TEST FACILITY - VEHICLE MOTION SIMULATOR (VMS-1) PARTS REPAIR.
    contract · Last action 2023-05-31
    $2,151,464
  • Department of Commerce
    NEXT GENERATION METAL FORMABILITY TEST FACILITY
    contract · Last action 2016-11-29
    $1,499,960
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    ROBOTIC FRICTION STIR WELDING SYSTEM PLUS OPTIONS
    contract · Last action 2011-09-20
    $1,040,322
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    08-24535 MTS 000HCCBJ-2008-49590
    contract · Last action 2015-02-05
    $1,024,800
  • Department of Defense
    FY17 G7TKXX HIGH SPEED TENSILE TESTER IN SUPPORT OF THE 309TH MISSILE MAINTENANCE GROUP (MMXG) AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
    contract · Last action 2019-08-22
    $985,000
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    IGF::OT::IGF MTS TESTSUITE SOFTWARE UPGRADES
    contract · Last action 2016-09-15
    $908,840
  • Department of Defense
    PLANAR BIAXIAL MECHANICAL SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE
    contract · Last action 2015-12-22
    $844,600
  • Department of Commerce
    STRUCTURAL LOADING SYSTEM (CONTROLLED FIRE TESTING)
    contract · Last action 2014-03-19
    $823,722
  • Department of Transportation
    IGF::OT::IGF THIS IS A FIRM-FIXED-PRICE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $769,400. THIS IS A PURCHASE OF 550 KIP LOAD FRAME AND 550 KIP HYDRAULIC WEDGE GRIPS.
    contract · Last action 2014-02-21
    $769,400
  • Department of Defense
    FATIGUE TESTING SYSTEMS
    contract · Last action 2024-03-26
    $767,674
  • Department of Commerce
    TAS::13 0549::TAS HIGH RATE TENSILE TEST MACHINE ARRA::YES::ARRA
    contract · Last action 2016-11-02
    $755,875
  • Department of Defense
    MTS FLEXTEST SYSTEM AND ACCESSORIES
    contract · Last action 2017-04-10
    $739,317
  • Department of Defense
    FATIGUE TEST SYSTEM WITH ACCESSORIES
    contract · Last action 2022-04-27
    $678,912
  • Department of Defense
    ACTUATORS PR#: 61-0036-17
    contract · Last action 2018-08-21
    $676,120
  • Department of Defense
    HIGH FORCE HIGH VELOCITY (HFHV) ACTUATOR
    contract · Last action 2011-02-11
    $662,478
  • Department of Defense
    WAVE TANK REFURBISHMENT
    contract · Last action 2010-03-08
    $649,800
  • Department of Defense
    FLEXTEST 60 CONTROLLER UPGRADES FOR EXISTING MATERIAL TESTING SYSTEMS, AND ONE ELECTRODYNAMIC TENSILE TEST SYSTEM.
    contract · Last action 2019-11-21
    $607,166
  • Department of Transportation
    TO PROCURE HYDRAULIC POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURES LAB AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS- 1. 180-GPM HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT 2. CHILLER 3. DIGITAL SERVO-HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM 4. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF HYDRAULIC HARDLINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    contract · Last action 2017-12-27
    $603,920
  • Department of Transportation
    VIBRATION TEST UNIT (VTU) CONTROLLER AND MINI-SHAKER UNIT (MSU) ACTUATORS
    contract · Last action 2024-11-29
    $591,704
  • Department of Defense
    MTS AWARD
    contract · Last action 2021-01-27
    $576,711
  • Department of Defense
    MECHANICAL TEST&EVALUATION LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR CIP PROGRAM
    contract · Last action 2014-03-27
    $535,426
  • Department of Defense
    MTS SYSTEMS
    contract · Last action 2020-06-04
    $505,631
  • Department of Defense
    MTS FLEXTEST 200 CONTROLLER
    contract · Last action 2019-05-23
    $504,951
  • Department of Transportation
    IGF::OT::IGF PURCHASE TENSILE TEST MACHINE
    contract · Last action 2018-04-25
    $465,585
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::CT::IGF DENTAL HAND PIECE
    contract · Last action 2017-09-27
    $456,498
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ACTUATORS AND CONTROLLERS ON THE MTS STRUCTURAL LOADING SYSTEM U438160
    contract · Last action 2019-01-10
    $448,651
  • Department of Commerce
    MECHANICAL TESTING EQUIPMENT
    contract · Last action 2009-09-12
    $440,000
  • Department of Commerce
    HYDRAULIC POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM (HPDCS) AND AN INTEGRATED SERVOHYDRAULIC LOAD FRAME (SLF)
    contract · Last action 2017-03-27
    $431,474
  • Department of Defense
    SERVOHYDRAULIC TEST SYSTEM
    contract · Last action 2020-04-22
    $426,694
  • Department of Defense
    SERVOHYDRAULIC ACTUATORS
    contract · Last action 2009-08-13
    $411,340
  • Department of Defense
    HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM UPGRADE U435CFM
    contract · Last action 2020-05-07
    $394,839
  • Department of Transportation
    IGF::OT::IGF - PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT THE SML WITH EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF TEST CAPABILITIES RANGING FROM SMALL COUPONS UP TO FULL-SCALE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE DELIVERY, INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, AND TRAINING FOR ALL EQUIPMENT PER THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK.
    contract · Last action 2018-08-13
    $393,009
  • Department of Defense
    MTS SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - 22KIP OUTDOOR RATED ACTUATORS AND 4-STATION HSMS
    contract · Last action 2026-01-08
    $390,670
  • Department of Defense
    DF LOAD FRAMES PREVENTIVE PLAN AND WARRANTY
    contract · Last action 2025-04-09
    $388,174
  • Department of Defense
    MAINTENENCE OF U.S AND FOREIGN COMBAT AND TACTICAL VEHICLES AT ABERDEEN TEST CENTER, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, MD.
    contract · Last action 2009-09-25
    $384,111
  • Department of Defense
    HYDROSTATIC PRESSURIZATION
    contract · Last action 2015-12-15
    $371,500
  • Department of Defense
    FLEXTEST 40 CONTROLLERS
    contract · Last action 2009-08-24
    $371,000
  • Department of Defense
    HIGH TEMPERATURE FOAM TEST SYSTEM
    contract · Last action 2010-11-30
    $364,578
  • Department of Defense
    MTS LANDMARK SERVOHYDRAULIC TEST SYSTEM
    contract · Last action 2024-04-25
    $363,300
  • Department of Defense
    TO PURCHASE AXIAL TORSIONAL MATERIAL TES
    contract · Last action 2010-08-30
    $359,638
  • Department of Defense
    ACTUATORS
    contract · Last action 2008-09-25
    $355,800
  • Department of Defense
    SERVOHYDRAULIC ACTUATORS
    contract · Last action 2009-08-07
    $354,985
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    09 - MTS - 00HCCMBJ-2009-70292
    contract · Last action 2015-03-19
    $353,528
  • Department of Defense
    PURCHASE OF FLOOR STANDING 55 KIP HYDRAULIC LOAD FRAME FATIGUE TESTER.
    contract · Last action 2023-05-30
    $322,891
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    IGF::OT::IGF HYDRAULIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR BUILDING 4602 MECHANICAL TEST LAB
    contract · Last action 2012-08-10
    $311,000
  • Department of Defense
    HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT REFURBISHMENT
    contract · Last action 2012-09-28
    $300,841
  • Department of Defense
    MTS LOAD FRAME SYSTEM UPGRADES
    contract · Last action 2021-04-20
    $299,232
  • Department of Transportation
    PURCHASE NEW LAB EQUIPMENT FOR THE STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS LAB (SML) PER ATTACHED SOW.
    contract · Last action 2021-10-25
    $298,179

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 334519 - OTHER MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DEVICE MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2026-04-16. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-12-22Complaint11$2,450
2014-11-06Complaint1$245
2013-11-04Planned33$1,470
2013-11-04Planned22$3,430
2009-02-02Planned32$1,470
2004-01-20Planned77$4,200
2000-03-09Complaint0$0
1982-09-22Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION is one of 155 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Illinois Tool Works.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Illinois Tool Works across all 155 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MTS SYSTEMS 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Illinois Tool Works, which operates 155 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $13,265 in total penalties.
How does MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION operates in the other measuring and controlling device manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.2. MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.35 compared to an industry average of 0.9.