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NOR-LAKE INC.

891 CTY RD. U, HUDSON, WI, 54016
Operated by Refrigerated Solutions Group · 1 of 2 establishments
333415Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
EIN 390768718

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OSHA inspections
8
over 50 years
Violations
49
$15,843 in penalties
Penalties
$15,843
$323 avg
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

NOR-LAKE INC. has accumulated 49 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $15,843 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 56 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

NOR-LAKE INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, 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 50 yrs
Violations
49
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$15,843
$323 avg / violation
55% serious45% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 8

63% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $15,843 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I22$1,313Feb 1992Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$975May 1976May 2004
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I22$690Feb 1992Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 C03 I11$3,150Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$1,625May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0217 B03 I11$975May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0255 B0211$975May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$975May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0311$825Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$690Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11$690Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$690Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0211$550Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 I11$415Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$415Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0027 D02 II11$415Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$415Feb 1992Feb 1992
29 CFR 1910.0217 C01 I11$30May 1976May 1976
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$30May 1976May 1976
29 CFR 1910.0147 C03 II11Jun 2008Jun 2008

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3334 within WI. Peer group: 56 employers. This establishment has 49 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
82nd
peer median: $3,409
Inspection frequency
93rd
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
2.8
vs industry
+1.7
TRIR
3.1
vs industry
+1.0

Reported for 276 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
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.1
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

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Oct 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Oct 30, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 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 NOR-LAKE INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NOR-LAKE INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for NOR-LAKE INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
2
Certified
2
Avg wage ratio
1.25x
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)

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). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NOR-LAKE INC
891 COUNTY ROAD U · HUDSON, WI, 54016
AirRCRATRINo Violation Identified10Jul 2026View →
NOR LAKE INC
NW1/4 NW1/4 SECTION 22 T29N R19W, NEAR HUDSON WISC · HUDSON, WI, 54016
WaterNo 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.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$3.2M
Awards
283
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$1.0M
Company-wide — STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (across 10 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$6.4M
Awards (all-time)
439

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.0M
Department of Agriculture$765K
Department of Defense$570K
Department of Health and Human Services$311K
Department of Justice$198K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 334516 - ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2018-06-07. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2011-10-27Planned0$0
2008-04-02Complaint33$4,463
2004-04-06Planned1512$5,525
2000-03-15Complaint2$0
1992-01-02Complaint2312$5,795
1985-06-26Planned0$0
1980-02-28Planned0$0
1976-04-20Planned6$60

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NOR-LAKE INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Refrigerated Solutions Group.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Refrigerated Solutions Group across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in air-conditioning and warm air heating equipment and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Refrigerated Solutions Group, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NOR-LAKE INC. 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 Refrigerated Solutions Group, which operates 2 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 NOR-LAKE INC.'s OSHA violation history?
NOR-LAKE INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 49 violations and $15,843 in total penalties.
How does NOR-LAKE INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
NOR-LAKE INC. operates in the air-conditioning and warm air heating equipment and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1. NOR-LAKE INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.78 compared to an industry average of 1.1.