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OBERLIN COLLEGE

173 W. LORAIN ST., OBERLIN, OH, 44074
Operated by AVI Foodsystems Inc · 1 of 20 establishments
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
EIN 340939177

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OSHA inspections
1
over 34 years
Violations
4
$1,600 in penalties
Penalties
$1,600
$400 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

OBERLIN COLLEGE has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 34 years of recorded history, with $1,600 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 65th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 85,427 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 34 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

OBERLIN COLLEGE appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
1
0.0 / yr · last 34 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$1,600
$400 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 1

100% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $1,600 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$800Apr 1992Apr 1992
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$800Apr 1992Apr 1992
29 CFR 1904.0005 C11Apr 1992Apr 1992
29 CFR 1904.000711Apr 1992Apr 1992

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

65th

Above average violations in NAICS 6113 within OH. Peer group: 85,427 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
87th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
8.0
vs industry
+7.3
TRIR
10.0
vs industry
+8.5

Reported for 81 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
0.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
10.0
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
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) · Nov 2015 – Sep 2016

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.

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
Sep 7, 2016Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured workerFingertip(s)Amputation
Nov 6, 2015Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.Head, 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
34 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 34+ years. Most recent activity: 34 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 OBERLIN COLLEGE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OBERLIN COLLEGE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for AVI Foodsystems Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
12
Unfair labor practice
12

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 AVI Foodsystems Inc 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.). 12 cases · 12 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-268389Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Nov 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-262593Unfair labor practiceJul 2020Aug 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-258005Unfair labor practiceMar 2020Jun 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-230204Unfair labor practiceOct 2018Feb 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-224996Unfair labor practiceAug 2018Oct 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-201534Unfair labor practiceJun 2017Jan 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-193406Unfair labor practiceFeb 2017May 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-039320Unfair labor practiceJan 2011Mar 2011ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-039259Unfair labor practiceDec 2010Feb 2011ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038719Unfair labor practiceDec 2009Mar 2010ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036654Unfair labor practiceJul 2006Sep 2006ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-035997Unfair labor practiceJul 2005Sep 2005ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

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
23
Certified
19
Avg wage ratio
1.28x
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)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OBERLIN COLLEGE. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
OBERLIN COLLEGE (0247100408)
173 W. LORAIN STREET · OBERLIN, OH, 44074
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00May 2006View →

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 OBERLIN COLLEGE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1992-03-10Complaint42$1,600

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

OBERLIN COLLEGE is one of 20 establishments rolled up under the parent organization AVI Foodsystems Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of AVI Foodsystems Inc across all 20 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in colleges, universities, and professional schools within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OBERLIN COLLEGE 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 AVI Foodsystems Inc, which operates 20 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 OBERLIN COLLEGE's OSHA violation history?
OBERLIN COLLEGE has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 4 violations and $1,600 in total penalties.
How does OBERLIN COLLEGE's safety record compare to its industry?
OBERLIN COLLEGE operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. OBERLIN COLLEGE's self-reported DART rate is 7.97 compared to an industry average of 0.7.