Establishment profile
NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO
100 NORTH HAYFORD RD, AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA, 99001
Operated by Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority
721120 — Casino Hotels
EIN 510616105
Summary
NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO has accumulated 15 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 10 years of recorded history, with $42,816 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 780 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), 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 2 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. 14 distinct standards shown · 15 citations in this view · $42,816 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0101 B | 2 | 2 | $12,511 | Nov 2017 | Oct 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $9,795 | Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 I01 | 1 | 1 | $7,835 | Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $3,622 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 B03 | 1 | 1 | $3,622 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B02 | 1 | 1 | $2,716 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 B | 1 | 1 | $2,716 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 B | 1 | 1 | — | 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 7211 within WA. Peer group: 780 employers. This establishment has 15 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
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 1,352 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) · Jun 2024
Most frequent event: Struck by door, gate, window
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). 100% of this employer's reports came from a state-plan program.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 | Struck by door, gate, window | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | 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 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 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 · 1 violation · $3,706 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Sep 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $3,706 | — |
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 · $3,706 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2017 – Sep 2017 | Other Gambling Industries | — | — | 1 | $3,706 | — |
| Nov 2013 – Oct 2015 | Casino Hotels | — | — | 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 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-12 | Referral | 3 | 3 | $27,425 | |
| 2024-06-12 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-06-22 | Planned | 11 | 6 | $15,391 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
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- TULALIP RESORT CASINOMARYSVILLE — 2 federal enforcement records
- LITTLE CREEK CASINO RESORTSHELTON — 1 federal enforcement record
- TULALIP CASINO RESORTMARYSVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
- ANGEL OF THE WINDS CASINO RESORTARLINGTON — 1 federal enforcement record
- SWINOMISH CASINO AND LODGEANACORTES — 1 federal enforcement record
- SKAGIT VALLEY CASINO RESORTBOW — 1 federal enforcement record
- LUCKY EAGLE CASINOROCHESTER — 1 federal enforcement record
- VEER HOSPITALITY BELLINGHAM LLCBELLINGHAM — 1 federal enforcement record
- ANGEL OF THE WINDS CASINO & HOTELARLINGTON — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority locationsParent rollup
- Casino HotelsAll employers in this industry
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- Casino Hotels in WAIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO 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 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO's OSHA violation history?
- NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 15 violations and $42,816 in total penalties.
- How does NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO's safety record compare to its industry?
- NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO operates in the casino hotels industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5. NORTHERN QUEST RESORT AND CASINO's self-reported DART rate is 2.63 compared to an industry average of 2.4.