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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

2020 RIDGE AVENUE SUITE 240, EVANSTON, IL, 60208
Operated by Higher Education Sector · 1 of 13 establishments
611310 — Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
EIN 561874931

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OSHA inspections
6
over 38 years
Violations
6
$11,832 in penalties
Penalties
$11,832
$1,972 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 38 years of recorded history, with $11,832 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 86th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 260 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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

Inspections
6
0.2 / yr · last 38 yrs
Violations
6
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$11,832
$1,972 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 6
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 6

33% 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. 6 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $11,832 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$9,932Jan 2026Jan 2026
29 CFR 1926.0058 F02 I11$500Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1926.0058 L0111$500Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1926.0058 L0211$500Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$400Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1926.0058 K02 I11—Aug 1988Aug 1988

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

86th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6113 within IL. Peer group: 260 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 1

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
0.0
vs industry
−0.6
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.5

Reported for 21 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
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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

Complaint
3
Referral
1

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) · Jul 2016 – Nov 2023 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
6
Hospitalizations
6
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire

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
Nov 18, 2023Fall on same level, unspecifiedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedHospitalized
Feb 16, 2023Fall on same level, n.e.c.Multiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Sep 7, 2020Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquidsMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Jul 9, 2018Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway areaLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Apr 26, 2017Fall, slip, trip, unspecifiedArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 19, 2016Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tireHand(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
5 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 5 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for Higher Education Sector, not this location alone

Total cases
19
Unfair labor practice
6
Representation (union)
10

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 Higher Education Sector 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.). 19 cases · 6 ULP · 10 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-RC-369482Representation electionJul 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-UC-367308UCJun 2025Aug 2025ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-365519Unfair labor practiceMay 2025—OpenRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-344486Representation electionJun 2024Jul 2024ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-321417Unfair labor practiceJul 2023Jan 2025ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-UC-309525UCDec 2022Feb 2023ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-307313Representation electionNov 2022Jan 2023ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-UC-298960UCJul 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-284411Representation electionOct 2021Dec 2021ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-207538Unfair labor practiceOct 2017Oct 2018ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-206176Unfair labor practiceSep 2017Oct 2018ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RD-192825Representation electionFeb 2017Mar 2017ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-177943Representation electionJun 2016Oct 2018ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-147566Representation electionMar 2015May 2015ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-121359Representation electionJan 2014Aug 2015ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-066224Unfair labor practiceOct 2011Dec 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-022006Representation electionJan 2011Mar 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-RC-021547Representation electionSep 2006Oct 2006ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-040522Unfair labor practiceSep 2002Dec 2002ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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
553
Certified
389
Avg wage ratio
1.49x
H-1BE-3 Australian

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
3
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). 5 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2020 RIDGE AVE · EVANSTON, IL, 60208
AirRCRANo Violation Identified20—Dec 2025View →
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
1801 MAPLE AVENUE · EVANSTON, IL, 60208
AirRCRANo Violation Identified10—Jul 2024View →
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2145 SHERIDAN ROAD · EVANSTON, IL, 60208
RCRANo Violation Identified00—Apr 2014View →
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2532 ASBURY · EVANSTON, IL, 60208
AirNo Violation Identified00——View →
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
1810 HINMAN AVE · EVANSTON, IL, 60208
RCRANo Violation Identified00——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 criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$48.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$259.8M
Awards
381
Top agency
Department of Health and Human Services
$217.7M
Company-wide — NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (across 4 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$46.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$258.4M
Awards (all-time)
379

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Health and Human Services$217.7M
Department of Defense$30.3M
Department of Veterans Affairs$5.0M
Department of Justice$3.8M
Department of Homeland Security$2.0M
Largest awards (top 50 of 381)
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - STRUCTURAL GENOMICS CENTERS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    contract · Last action 2017-08-31
    $25,965,583
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT TO THE CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    contract · Last action 2026-03-20
    $25,308,332
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF - BASE. 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2018. STRUCTURAL GENOMICS CENTERS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    contract · Last action 2023-07-18
    $25,221,518
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (BASIC)
    contract · Last action 2016-05-12
    $20,249,373
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (APPLIED/EXPLORATORY)
    contract · Last action 2016-09-27
    $10,643,918
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (BASIC)
    contract · Last action 2016-06-16
    $8,236,531
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF - NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - ROC SOUTH- TASK ORDER 6 - DATA COLLECTION
    contract · Last action 2017-02-15
    $7,324,964
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (BASIC)
    contract · Last action 2017-08-29
    $6,629,140
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF -- TITLE: NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - HEALTH MEASUREMENT NETWORK - TASK 3 HHSN275201200007I (SOUTH ROC)
    contract · Last action 2017-03-17
    $5,662,151
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF CORONARY ARTERY RISK DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULTS (CARDIA) STUDY - FIELD CENTER
    contract · Last action 2022-03-08
    $4,282,135
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF ASTHMA CONTROL VARIABILITY DURING PREGNANCY
    contract · Last action 2022-09-26
    $3,675,750
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF - NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - ROC SOUTH - TASK ORDER 5 - STRESS AND CORTISOL MEASUREMENT FOR THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY- HHSN275201200007I
    contract · Last action 2015-03-23
    $3,587,349
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF CORE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
    contract · Last action 2022-03-03
    $3,544,086
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NEW TASK ORDER FOR IDIQ CONTRACT: NIH INFANT & TODDLER TOOLBOX TO TITLE: FINALIZATION OF ALL MEASURES AND COLLECTION OF NORMING DATA FROM ALL PLANNED TYPICALLY DEVELOPING POPULATIONS.
    contract · Last action 2023-09-28
    $3,466,119
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK ORDER 5: MAKE READY THE NIH BABY TOOLBOX FOR END USERS: FINALIZE ALL PARTICIPANT-LEVEL DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSES, AND DISSEMINATION
    contract · Last action 2024-09-19
    $3,457,822
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK AREA A SHALL ENCOMPASS ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP OF COHORT MEMBERS, CLINICAL EVENTS INVESTIGATIONS, STUDY OPERATIONS, AND DATA ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIPT WRITING. IF IMPLEMENTED, TASK A.1 WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR.
    contract · Last action 2025-06-13
    $3,309,208
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO ADD TWO CLINICALLY RELEVANT NONVERBAL MEASURES FOR USE WITH BOTH TYPICALLY- AND ATYPICALLY-DEVELOPING INFANTS AND TODDLERS, AND TO REFINE, VALIDATE AND FINALIZE THE FULL NBT IN PREPARATION FOR THE NORM
    contract · Last action 2022-09-21
    $3,305,909
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NCS NAVIGATOR IMS HUB
    contract · Last action 2015-10-27
    $3,073,500
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CARDIA CHICAGO FC - TASK AREA A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019
    contract · Last action 2025-12-15
    $2,998,754
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (BASIC)
    contract · Last action 2017-09-22
    $2,955,037
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF - TARGETED CLINICAL RESEARCH TO ADDRESS SELECT VIRAL INFECTIONS
    contract · Last action 2024-11-22
    $2,922,505
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    "PILOT TESTING, REFINEMENT AND VALIDATING OF THE NIHN BABY TOOLBOX, AND PREPARATION FOR NORMING STUDY"
    contract · Last action 2024-04-17
    $2,763,988
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIALS OF CANCER CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS
    contract · Last action 2014-01-24
    $2,750,578
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR NORMAL FETAL GROWTH
    contract · Last action 2015-08-25
    $2,449,781
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF
    contract · Last action 2017-01-10
    $2,282,297
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - ROC (SOUTH) - TASK 2 DATA COLLECTION AND RETENTION - HHSN275201200007I
    contract · Last action 2016-11-08
    $2,230,153
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CORONARY ARTERY RISK DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULTS (CARDIA) STUDY - CHICAGO FIELD CENTER
    contract · Last action 2025-05-19
    $2,057,621
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CONTRACT TITLE - CANCER PREVENTION AGENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: EARLY PHASE CLINICAL RESEARCH
    contract · Last action 2025-02-24
    $2,031,556
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    ESTABLISH REQUISITE RESOURCES FOR THE NIH BABY TOOLBOX ACTIVITIES (INATERNALLY TASK 1)
    contract · Last action 2023-11-30
    $1,999,997
  • Department of Homeland Security
    IGF::OT::IGF DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD AN EFFORT SELECTED UNDER THE BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) 12-06. WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED TERMS AND CONDITIONS (17 PAGES), STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) (15 PAGES) ENTITLED MONOLITHIC, WIDELY TUNABLE QUANTUM CASCADE LASER SOURCE, AND SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (8 PAGES).
    contract · Last action 2018-08-08
    $1,992,168
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TAS::75 0846::TAS RESOURCES FOR TRAINING IN EVIDENCE BASED BEHAVIORIAL PRACTICE
    contract · Last action 2013-12-09
    $1,527,559
  • Department of Defense
    BAA 21-022 - NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: LARGE SCALE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE LAMINATES: EXPERIMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS U435CFE
    contract · Last action 2023-02-22
    $1,499,114
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (MESA) - FIELD CENTER
    contract · Last action 2026-02-19
    $1,400,178
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    END OF LIFE PALLIATIVE CARE TRAINING-NATIONIAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM
    contract · Last action 2011-09-10
    $1,194,313
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXT ENHANCEMENTS TO PREVENT DRUG NAME CONFUSION ERRORS
    contract · Last action 2024-06-18
    $1,184,888
  • Department of Justice
    IGF::OT::IGF THE BIC PROGRAM WILL BE A MULTIPLE PHASE PROGRAM THAT WILL DEVELOP REVOLUTIONARY BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR LOC PLATFORMS TO DETERMINE THE EXPOSURE STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO A SUITE OF PATHOGENS AND TOXINS OF INTEREST.
    contract · Last action 2016-09-15
    $1,169,804
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF PHASE IIB TRIAL OF NEOADJUVANT ORAL TAMOXIFEN VERSUS TRANSDERMAL 4-HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN IN WOMEN WITH DCIS OF THE BREAST
    contract · Last action 2024-07-15
    $1,159,347
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF EVALUATING INTERMITTENT DOSING OF ASPIRIN FOR COLORECTAL CANCER PREVENTION
    contract · Last action 2025-01-16
    $1,057,269
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CARDIA NWU FC - TASK AREA B PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 11/14/2019 - 10/31/2021
    contract · Last action 2025-08-27
    $1,053,199
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF IMMUNOGENICITY OF NONAVALENT HPV VACCINE ADMINISTERED PRIOR TO LIVING DONOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN ADULT WOMEN: A PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-ARM, MULTI-CENTER CLINICAL TRIAL
    contract · Last action 2021-09-02
    $1,047,822
  • Department of Defense
    S1P0000 CO-EVOLUTION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC
    contract · Last action 2020-08-17
    $1,034,477
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NEUROPHYSIOLOGY STUDIES OF SIMULATED AUDITORY NEURAL PROSTHESES
    contract · Last action 2017-05-11
    $1,024,304
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - VANGUARD STUDY - TASK ORDER NO. 1 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (SOUTH ROC)
    contract · Last action 2016-12-14
    $1,010,464
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF STATIN THERAPY TO REDUCE DISEASE PROGRESSION FROM LIVER CIRRHOSIS TO CANCER
    contract · Last action 2025-01-16
    $946,473
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (MESA) FIELD CENTER (FC) - TASK AREA B EXAM 7
    contract · Last action 2024-08-27
    $927,728
  • Department of Defense
    THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT IS FOR A SCALABLE ULTRA-LOW VARIATION ANALOG-TIME NEURAL NETWORK (S-UATN) ACCELERATOR.
    contract · Last action 2025-11-25
    $898,192
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF INTRA-MAMMARY DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSDERMAL TELAPRISTONE VERSUS ORAL TELAPRISTONE: A RANDOMIZED WINDOW TRIAL IN WOMEN UNDERGOING MASTECTOMY
    contract · Last action 2023-03-06
    $885,373
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF - NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY - ROC SOUTH - TASK ORDER 4 - IMS HHSN275201200007I
    contract · Last action 2016-06-23
    $851,909
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CORONARY ARTERY RISK DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULTS (CARDIA) STUDY - CHICAGO FIELD CENTER
    contract · Last action 2026-03-13
    $842,381
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF A PHASE I TRIAL OF INHALED ILOPROST FOR THE PREVENTION OF LUNG CANCER IN FORMER SMOKERS
    contract · Last action 2022-04-26
    $826,870

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541712 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2026-04-14. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-01-23Referral1—$9,932
2022-02-03Monitoring0—$0
2018-11-08Monitoring0—$0
2000-06-14Complaint0—$0
1992-06-12Complaint0—$0
1988-06-08Complaint54$1,900

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Higher Education Sector.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Higher Education Sector across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 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 Higher Education Sector, which operates 13 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $11,831.6 in total penalties.
How does NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.6.