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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

500 SNELL HALL, CORVALLIS, OR, 97331
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
EIN 611730890

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OSHA inspections
52
over 41 years
Violations
47
$7,445 in penalties
Penalties
$7,445
$158 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY has accumulated 47 OSHA violations across 52 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $7,445 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 58 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
52
1.3 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
47
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$7,445
$158 avg / violation
57% serious43% other
Inspection trigger · planned
35 of 52
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 52

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 15 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 · $7,035 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 7020.16105 A22$390Oct 2004Oct 2004
29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 I22$290May 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 7810.75311$2,500Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 7810.04611$500Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 7810.03311$500Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$325Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 C08 I11$325Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 7020.16105 A AI11$195May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$195Jan 2003Jan 2003
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$195Apr 2001Apr 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 E0111$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 D0411$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 D0311$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0111$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0146 D0111$195Apr 1996Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0311$175May 2007May 2007
29 CFR 7020.30511$165Sep 2008Sep 2008
29 CFR 1910.0304 G0511$110May 2008May 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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6113 within OR. Peer group: 58 employers. This establishment has 47 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
86th
peer median: $353
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 2

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
1.1
vs industry
+0.5
TRIR
1.4
vs industry
−0.1

Reported for 11,866 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
1.4
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

Planned
35
Complaint
9
Accident
1
Referral
4

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Aug 27, 1996BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,AGRICULTURE,IRRIGATION PIPE,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E AG,METAL PIPE11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$13,982
Employees affected
8

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 · 8 violations · $13,982 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeSep 2007187$13,982

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 · 8 violations · $13,982 in backwages · 8 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2018 – Feb 2020Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools0
Oct 2005 – Sep 2007State Institutions of Higher EducationFLSA88$13,982

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 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. 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 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
1500 SW JEFFERSON AVE · CORVALLIS, OR, 97331
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified20Oct 2023View →
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
100 OAK CREEK BUILDING · CORVALLIS, OR, 97331
00View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
3778535
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$30.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$105.1M
Awards
831
Top agency
Department of Defense
$49.5M
Company-wide — OREGON UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (across 12 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$29.2M
Obligated (all-time)
$113.8M
Awards (all-time)
1,027

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$49.5M
Department of the Interior$19.7M
Department of Commerce$17.4M
Department of Agriculture$6.1M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.2M
Largest awards (top 50 of 831)
  • Department of Commerce
    IGF::OT::IGF FOR OTHER FUNCTIONS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
    contract · Last action 2026-02-23
    $4,675,709
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    DEVELOP A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS PROFILING FLOATS EQUIPPED WITH HIGHLY ACCURATE WELL CHARACTERIZED HYPERSPECTRAL RADIOMETRIC SENSORS THAT PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS FOR SYSTEM VICARIOUS CALIBRATION OF OCEAN COLOR
    contract · Last action 2025-11-13
    $4,437,382
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM TERRESTRIAL AIM-IDAHO STATEWIDE
    contract · Last action 2024-04-26
    $4,049,197
  • Department of Commerce
    AWARDING CONTRACT TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOR NEWPORT FACILITY SUPPORT SERVICES.
    contract · Last action 2026-02-12
    $3,938,272
  • Department of Commerce
    IGF::OT::IGF PROVIDE O&M SERVICES NRS NEWPORT, OR
    contract · Last action 2019-04-10
    $3,444,780
  • Department of Commerce
    OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF NEWPORT FACILITY
    contract · Last action 2015-08-05
    $2,993,205
  • Department of Defense
    AVIAN PREDATION STUDY - SEE ATTACHED SCO
    contract · Last action 2013-09-17
    $2,462,707
  • Department of Defense
    OREGON STATE UNIV - RC-2112
    contract · Last action 2016-07-12
    $1,869,169
  • Department of Defense
    RC-2203
    contract · Last action 2016-03-04
    $1,630,734
  • Department of Defense
    ER-2128 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    contract · Last action 2018-01-24
    $1,526,609
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT ER18-1259
    contract · Last action 2025-01-23
    $1,510,063
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION LENTIC AIM- CALIFORNIA
    contract · Last action 2023-08-09
    $1,472,177
  • Department of Defense
    PROJECT RC19-1092
    contract · Last action 2023-04-17
    $1,452,233
  • Department of Defense
    SUBNET AWARD - SP4701-22-C-0069
    contract · Last action 2024-02-07
    $1,445,249
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT ER18-1230
    contract · Last action 2025-06-12
    $1,415,326
  • Department of Defense
    PROJECT ER19-1205
    contract · Last action 2025-06-13
    $1,345,825
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - RC 2511 -"FLOW-POPULATION MODELS FOR TRACKING NON-STATIONARY CHANGES IN RIPARIAN AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS"
    contract · Last action 2019-06-20
    $1,342,267
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PN-14 EAGLE LAKE/NORCAL TERRESTRIAL AIM
    contract · Last action 2022-04-05
    $1,275,664
  • Department of Defense
    SERDP PROJECT WP22-3241 "QUANTIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PFAS AND TOTAL FLUORINE DURING THERMAL DEGRADATION OF FLUOROPOLYMERS IN THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVES"
    contract · Last action 2023-11-17
    $1,268,892
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF - RC-2651 - IGNITION, PROPAGATION, AND EMISSIONS OF SMOLDERING COMBUSTION: EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND PHYSICS BASED MODELING
    contract · Last action 2025-05-19
    $1,260,989
  • Department of Defense
    BAA FOR FY2008 TACTICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2010-03-02
    $1,124,897
  • Department of Energy
    ACTIVELY-SHIELDED RADIOXENON PHOSWICH DETECTION SYSTEM (BAA09-27) OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU) FOR NA-22
    contract · Last action 2012-10-23
    $1,115,604
  • Department of Defense
    BAA FOR OSU TOTAL AMOUNT: $1,079,659.54.
    contract · Last action 2012-12-13
    $1,079,660
  • Department of Defense
    FY 2009 TACTICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2015-02-23
    $1,064,989
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PN-16 OR AND WA TER AIM
    contract · Last action 2022-01-11
    $1,055,554
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT RC-2701 "INCORPORATING PHOTOPERIODISM IN INSECT PHENOLOGY MODELS WITH APPLICATION FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LANDS"
    contract · Last action 2021-09-14
    $971,374
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT ER-2716 "DEVELOPMENT OF SLOW RELEASE COMPOUNDS FOR THE AEROBIC COMETABOLIC TREATMENT OF COMPLEX MIXTURES OF COC RELEASED FROM LOW PERMEABILITY ZONES"
    contract · Last action 2023-03-14
    $962,271
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PN-17 TER AIM - IDAHO
    contract · Last action 2020-12-18
    $942,968
  • Department of Defense
    SERDP PROJECT RC23-3611 "MANAGING YELLOW STARTHISTLE USING A NEW BIOCONTROL AGENT: AN INTEGRATIVE EXPERIMENTAL AND GEO-CLIMATIC MODELING APPROACH
    contract · Last action 2025-04-01
    $851,260
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION TERRESTRIAL AIM PN-4 OREGON
    contract · Last action 2019-07-23
    $790,000
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION TERRESTRIAL ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY AND MONITORING (AIM)FOR OREGON AND WASHINGTON
    contract · Last action 2021-09-17
    $783,316
  • Department of Agriculture
    DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE: CLIN 0003.01 PCR (MATRIX); CLIN 0003.02 PCR (MATRIX); AND CLIN 0003.03 PCR (SUBTYPING).
    contract · Last action 2025-09-29
    $722,000
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION LENTIC ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY AND MONITORING (AIM)FOR NEVADA
    contract · Last action 2024-08-27
    $703,401
  • Department of Defense
    SERDP PROJECT ER21-3523
    contract · Last action 2025-10-17
    $689,315
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PN REGION - OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRESTRIAL AIM
    contract · Last action 2022-04-08
    $682,546
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    IMPROVEMENT OF THE ACCURACY OF THE BETA DOSE CALCULATIONS IN VARSKIN 3.1 COMPUTER CODE
    contract · Last action 2015-03-26
    $662,616
  • Department of Defense
    " SOURCE AND PATH CALIBRATION IN REGIONS OF POOR CRUSTAL PROPAGATION USING TEMPORARY, LARGE-APERTURE, HIGH-RESOLUTION SE
    contract · Last action 2012-03-19
    $658,145
  • Department of Defense
    AVIAN PREDATION
    contract · Last action 2011-02-18
    $654,859
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES R&D FOR STUDY OF NAVAL NOISE IMPACT ON MARINE MAMMALS
    contract · Last action 2019-04-08
    $633,764
  • Department of Defense
    SERDP PROJECT ER21-3567
    contract · Last action 2025-10-27
    $612,888
  • General Services Administration
    IGF::OT::IGF KLAMATH RIVER FISH HEALTH STUDIES
    contract · Last action 2015-10-06
    $576,046
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF NEMS BAA -GT PATH CALIBRATION
    contract · Last action 2016-04-22
    $560,561
  • General Services Administration
    IGF::OT::IGF KLAMATH RIVER FISH HEALTH STUDIES
    contract · Last action 2014-03-11
    $557,655
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    VARSKIN CODE DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2013-07-22
    $553,689
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF R&D FOR AUTO DETECTION OF MARINE MAMMAL SOUNDS
    contract · Last action 2016-11-30
    $525,560
  • Department of Defense
    ER20-3045 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    contract · Last action 2022-09-01
    $515,941
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES FOR FALL TUITION FY21.
    contract · Last action 2020-12-22
    $502,058
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES FOR FALL FY20
    contract · Last action 2019-11-14
    $500,899
  • Department of the Interior
    BLM PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION TERRESTRIAL ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY AND MONITORING (AIM) CALIFORNIA OFFICE DATA SPECIALIST SUPPORT
    contract · Last action 2025-11-02
    $496,287
  • Department of Defense
    ::IGF::OT::IGF BIOLOGICAL STUDIES.
    contract · Last action 2015-08-28
    $490,533

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541712 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2026-04-23. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-07-14Complaint0$0
2011-07-01Planned0$0
2009-06-19Planned0$0
2009-05-21Planned0$0
2009-05-21Planned0$0
2009-05-21Planned0$0
2009-04-29Planned0$0
2008-08-22Referral11$165
2008-04-29Planned11$180
2008-04-29Follow-up0$0
2008-04-29Planned0$0
2008-04-29Planned22$220
2008-04-29Planned0$0
2007-06-05Planned0$0
2007-05-02Referral21$175
2006-01-13Complaint0$0
2004-09-16Planned0$0
2004-09-16Planned0$0
2004-09-14Planned0$0
2004-08-31Planned41$195
2004-08-31Planned0$0
2004-08-31Planned21$195
2004-05-28Complaint0$0
2004-04-20Planned21$195
2004-04-20Planned2$0
2004-03-30Planned0$0
2004-03-30Planned0$0
2004-03-30Planned0$0
2003-01-07Planned11$195
2003-01-07Planned0$0
2003-01-07Planned0$0
2001-05-08Planned0$0
2001-05-08Planned1$0
2001-03-22Planned41$195
2000-12-04Complaint0$0
2000-01-25Planned0$0
2000-01-24Planned2$0
2000-01-24Planned21$105
1999-04-15Planned21$105
1999-02-02Unprogrammed Related0$0
1999-02-02Unprogrammed Related0$0
1996-08-28Accident33$3,500
1996-08-13Referral11$105
1995-10-31Complaint1110$1,820
1989-08-04Planned1$0
1989-07-27Complaint0$0
1987-09-01Planned21$95
1986-07-18Referral0$0
1986-07-18Complaint1$0
1985-06-04Complaint0$0
1984-12-11Planned0$0
1984-10-01Complaint0$0

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OREGON STATE 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.

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Frequently asked

What is OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY has 52 OSHA inspections on record with 47 violations and $7,445 in total penalties.
How does OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 1.06 compared to an industry average of 0.6.