Establishment profile
NOR-LAKE INC.
891 CTY RD. U, HUDSON, WI, 54016
Operated by Refrigerated Solutions Group · 1 of 2 establishments
333415 — Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
EIN 390768718
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
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 section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 2 | 2 | $1,313 | Feb 1992 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $975 | May 1976 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 2 | 2 | $690 | Feb 1992 | Apr 2000 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C03 I | 1 | 1 | $3,150 | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | $1,625 | May 2004 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B03 I | 1 | 1 | $975 | May 2004 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0255 B02 | 1 | 1 | $975 | May 2004 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C04 | 1 | 1 | $975 | May 2004 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 E03 | 1 | 1 | $825 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $690 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 F | 1 | 1 | $690 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0120 Q01 | 1 | 1 | $690 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | $550 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 I | 1 | 1 | $415 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $415 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0027 D02 II | 1 | 1 | $415 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $415 | Feb 1992 | Feb 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C01 I | 1 | 1 | $30 | May 1976 | May 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | $30 | May 1976 | May 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C03 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | Jun 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
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.
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 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
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) · Oct 2019
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2019 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOR-LAKE INC 891 COUNTY ROAD U · HUDSON, WI, 54016 | AirRCRATRI | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Jul 2026 | View → |
NOR LAKE INC NW1/4 NW1/4 SECTION 22 T29N R19W, NEAR HUDSON WISC · HUDSON, WI, 54016 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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 contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-27 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2008-04-02 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $4,463 | |
| 2004-04-06 | Planned | 15 | 12 | $5,525 | |
| 2000-03-15 | Complaint | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1992-01-02 | Complaint | 23 | 12 | $5,795 | |
| 1985-06-26 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-02-28 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-04-20 | Planned | 6 | — | $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:
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- PLEXUS CORPORATIONAPPLETON — 2 federal enforcement records
- TITAN AIR, INC.OSSEO — 2 federal enforcement records
- Johnson Controls, IncWaukesha — 2 federal enforcement records
- XETEX INC.LA CROSSE — 1 federal enforcement record
- MANITOWOC ICE INCMANITOWOC — 1 federal enforcement record
- XETEX, INC.LA CROSSE — 1 federal enforcement record
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LLCLA CROSSE — 1 federal enforcement record
- U-LINE CORP.MILWAUKEE — 1 federal enforcement record
- OGDEN MANUFACTURING CO.ALBANY — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Refrigerated Solutions Group, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- MASTER-BILT PRODUCTS, LLCNEW ALBANY, MS — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Refrigerated Solutions Group locationsParent rollup
- Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in WIState-wide enforcement data
- Air-Conditioning and Warm in WIIndustry × state cross-filter
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.
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Contact sales →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.