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NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART

700 S. 72ND ST, OMAHA, NE, 68114
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,602 establishments
423210Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 470428274

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OSHA inspections
4
over 27 years
Violations
5
$4,875 in penalties
Penalties
$4,875
$975 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities

Summary

NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 27 years of recorded history, with $4,875 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 27 yrs
Violations
5
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$4,875
$975 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 4

25% of inspections at this establishment produced 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 · $4,875 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 M12 I11$1,875Aug 2000Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,500Aug 2000Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 II11$1,500Aug 2000Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0311Aug 2000Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611Aug 2000Aug 2000

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.

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
1.0
vs industry
−0.1
TRIR
1.0
vs industry
−0.8

Reported for 1,964 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
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.0
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

Accident
2
Referral
2

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 – Aug 2022 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Injured by physical contact during horseplay

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 25, 2022Injured by physical contact during horseplayArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jan 11, 2017Shooting by other person-intentionalBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Apr 17, 2018Amputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Finger,Hand,Laceration,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Storage Rack1
Apr 19, 2000FRACTURE,HEAD,WORK RULES,SLIP,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,MECH MAT HANDLING,ELEVATED WORK PLATFatality11
Jan 2, 1999STORM,SPEEDING,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,DRIVER,COLLISION,PICKUP TRUCK,MOTOR VEHICLE,TRUCK DRIVERFatality11

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
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 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 NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NE — for BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 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
14-CA-184350Unfair labor practiceSep 2016Apr 2017ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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

Total applications
33
Certified
31
Avg wage ratio
1.09x
H-1B

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)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART. 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
NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART
700 S 72ND ST · OMAHA, NE, 68114
AirNo 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
169241
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$67K
Awards
40
Top agency
Department of Defense
$39K
Company-wide — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (across 177 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$615.4M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.5B
Awards (all-time)
27,810

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$39K
Department of Veterans Affairs$28K
Department of Homeland Security$0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 423210 - FURNITURE MERCHANT WHOLESALERS. Last action: 2017-05-31. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-04-23Referral0$0
2017-01-11Referral0$0
2000-04-20Accident55$4,875
1999-01-04Accident0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART is one of 1,602 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,602 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,602 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART's OSHA violation history?
NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $4,875 in total penalties.
How does NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART's safety record compare to its industry?
NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART operates in the furniture merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.8. NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART's self-reported DART rate is 0.98 compared to an industry average of 1.1.
Has NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART.