Establishment profile
NORDSON CORPORATION
444 GORDON AVE., AMHERST, OH, 44001
Operated by NORDSON CORP · 1 of 9 establishments
333999 — All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
EIN 340590250
Summary
NORDSON CORPORATION has accumulated 18 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $5,775 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 83rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 214 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent 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
NORDSON CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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
33% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3339 within OH. Peer group: 214 employers. This establishment has 18 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 388 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) · Aug 2017 – Mar 2020
Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2020 | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Hip(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2017 | Blade,Finger,Laceration,Saw,Struck By | 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 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 NORDSON CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NORDSON CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in OH — for NORDSON CORP, 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 NORDSON CORP locations in the same state.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for NORDSON CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for NORDSON CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NORDSON CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-30 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $5,435 | |
| 1984-02-22 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-05-21 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-01-09 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1973-10-31 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1973-08-14 | Planned | 17 | — | $340 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
NORDSON CORPORATION is one of 9 establishments rolled up under the parent organization NORDSON CORP.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of NORDSON CORP across all 9 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in all other miscellaneous general purpose machinery manufacturing within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONFINDLAY — 2 federal enforcement records
- FERRY INDUSTRIES, INC.STOW — 2 federal enforcement records
- DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.LANCASTER — 2 federal enforcement records
- RED HEAD BRASS LLCSHREVE — 2 federal enforcement records
- ROTEX GLOBAL, LLCCINCINNATI — 2 federal enforcement records
- DJ MANUFACTURING, INC.SOUTH POINT — 1 federal enforcement record
- TENK MACHINE AND TOOL COCLEVELAND — 1 federal enforcement record
- OFCO INC., A DELAWARE CORP.COSHOCTON — 1 federal enforcement record
- L&M PROCESSING, LLCMASURY — 1 federal enforcement record
- DEFCON FORCE, LLCMOSCOW — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by NORDSON CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PREMIER DIES CORPORATIONCHIPPEWA FALLS, WI — 1 federal enforcement record
- PLAS-PAK INDUSTRIES, INC.NORWICH, CT — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All NORDSON CORP locationsParent rollup
- All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in OHState-wide enforcement data
- All Other Miscellaneous in OHIndustry × state cross-filter
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Contact sales →About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NORDSON 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 NORDSON CORP, which operates 9 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.
Frequently asked
- What is NORDSON CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
- NORDSON CORPORATION has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 18 violations and $5,775 in total penalties.
- How does NORDSON CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
- NORDSON CORPORATION operates in the all other miscellaneous general purpose machinery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2. NORDSON CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.53 compared to an industry average of 1.3.