Establishment profile
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
700 CHILDRENS DRIVE, COLUMBUS, OH, 43205
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Summary
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $24,674 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 129 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 83rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $24,674 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $7,000 | Sep 2013 | Sep 2013 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $6,467 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $6,467 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II | 1 | 1 | $4,740 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6221 within OH. Peer group: 129 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.
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.
Reported for 13,847 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
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
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) · Jan 2017 – Jul 2024 · 4 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level, 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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2024 | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 12, 2023 | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized | |
| May 18, 2021 | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Jan 24, 2021 | Fall on same level due to slipping | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Jul 1, 2019 | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Brain | Hospitalized | |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation | |
| May 31, 2018 | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Knee(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Jan 23, 2017 | Fall while sitting | Brain | 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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2018 | Amputated,Amputation,Caught By,Fan Belt,Finger,Nip Point | 1 | — | — | |
| May 29, 2013 | Bus,Run Over,Struck ByFatality | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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 · $7,393 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Apr 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1 | $7,393 | — |
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 · $7,393 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2017 – Apr 2019 | Local Hospitals | FLSA | 2 | 1 | $7,393 | — |
| Oct 2005 – Sep 2007 | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | — | — | 0 | — | — |
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 NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in OH — for NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, not this location alone
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 NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-CA-327945 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2023 | Apr 2024 | Closed | Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
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). 2 facilities.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 561 S SEVENTEENTH ST · COLUMBUS, OH, 43205 | Air | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Sep 2022 | View → |
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 700 CHILDRENS DR · COLUMBUS, OH, 43205 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Feb 2022 | View → |
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
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
- Department of Health and Human ServicesTBI INCIDENCE STUDYcontract · Last action 2016-03-28$143,733
- Department of DefenseAUTISM TESTINGcontract · Last action 2011-09-15$0
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 622110 - GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS. Last action: 2016-03-28. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-18 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $12,934 | |
| 2017-09-19 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $4,740 | |
| 2013-05-30 | Fatality/Catastrophe | 1 | 1 | $7,000 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in general medical and surgical hospitals within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- THE CHRIST HOSPITALCINCINNATI — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, INC.CINCINNATI — 3 federal enforcement records
- EAST LIVERPOOL CITY HOSPITALEAST LIVERPOOL — 2 federal enforcement records
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALCOLUMBUS — 2 federal enforcement records
- CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELANDCLEVELAND — 2 federal enforcement records
- Cleveland ClinicCleveland — 2 federal enforcement records
- ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTERASHTABULA — 2 federal enforcement records
- SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEMSAKRON — 2 federal enforcement records
- University HospitalsBeachwood — 2 federal enforcement records
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 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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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL's OSHA violation history?
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $24,674.4 in total penalties.
- How does NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL's safety record compare to its industry?
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL operates in the general medical and surgical hospitals industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.1. NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL's self-reported DART rate is 0.83 compared to an industry average of 2.1.
- Has NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL had any workplace fatalities?
- Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.