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ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.

4206 SOUTH 108TH STREET, OMAHA, NE, 68137
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments
423920Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 800681455

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OSHA inspections
8
over 37 years
Violations
37
$42,977 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 37 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $42,977 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 27 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
37
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$42,977
$1,162 avg / violation
59% serious41% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 8

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · 21 citations in this view · $42,977 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22$1,530Jan 1992Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$11,292May 2024May 2024
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$11,292May 2024May 2024
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$6,696Oct 2023Oct 2023
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$3,500Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$1,750Jan 1992Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I11$1,625Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 I11$1,253Oct 2023Oct 2023
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11$975Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0111$975Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0024 B11$975Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$975Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$140Nov 1988Nov 1988
29 CFR 1910.0147 F01 II11May 2024May 2024
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Oct 2023Oct 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611Oct 2023Oct 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111Oct 2023Oct 2023
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111May 2008May 2008
29 CFR 1910.0023 E0211Mar 1993Mar 1993
29 CFR 1910.0024 F11Mar 1993Mar 1993

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4239 within NE. Peer group: 27 employers. This establishment has 37 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,920
Inspection frequency
100th
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
7.3
vs industry
+6.1
TRIR
8.3
vs industry
+6.8

Reported for 482 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
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
8.3
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
6
Referral
2

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 2022 – Dec 2023

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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
Dec 19, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation
Nov 29, 2022Fall on same level due to slippingBrainHospitalized

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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 20, 2011FINGER,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,NIP POINT,PRESS,UNGUARDED2
Apr 14, 1998UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONVEYOR,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION,DOOR MACHINE1

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
2 years ago

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)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. 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 ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. 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
ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY INC
4206 S 108TH ST · OMAHA, NE, 68137
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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 ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$75K
Awards
177
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$48K
Company-wide — THE CARLYLE GROUP L P (across 145 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$135.9M
Obligated (all-time)
$2.5B
Awards (all-time)
12,641

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Veterans Affairs$48K
Department of State$20K
Department of Health and Human Services$4K
Department of Defense$3K
Largest awards (top 50 of 177)
  • Department of State
    AMB/PROG MATERIALS FOR AMB TRIP TO LIMON NEGRO DAY AUGUST 11
    contract · Last action 2011-06-27
    $4,887
  • Department of State
    HOLIDAY DECORATIONS FOR ALL NINE AMERICAN CORNERS
    contract · Last action 2011-09-15
    $4,838
  • Department of State
    BASEBALL CAPS
    contract · Last action 2008-02-20
    $4,142
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    TAS::36 0160::TAS MEDICAL, DENTAL & VETERINARY EQ
    contract · Last action 2010-08-10
    $4,095
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CSU-FY2012 PHC-COUNSELING SERVICE PRIORITY -ORIENTAL TRADING
    contract · Last action 2012-12-12
    $3,809
  • Department of Defense
    PHOTO QUILT
    contract · Last action 2009-09-16
    $3,451
  • Department of State
    PAS - ELECT. NIGHT MATERIAL-ORIENTAL TRADING
    contract · Last action 2008-08-19
    $3,128
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-29
    $2,063
  • Department of State
    FRANKFURT, 4TH JULY DECORATIONS
    contract · Last action 2009-05-27
    $1,735
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-12
    $1,706
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CLOCK ROCKER COMPUTER DUSTER
    contract · Last action 2008-03-14
    $1,595
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-10
    $1,278
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    COMMUTER TUMBLERS - 16 OZ (DRINK-THRU LIDS INCLUDE
    contract · Last action 2008-04-10
    $1,065
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-19
    $1,040
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    INCENTIVES FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPO
    contract · Last action 2007-11-02
    $944
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    VARIOUS ITEMS
    contract · Last action 2008-06-18
    $944
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    8 DOZEN TROPICAL FELT TOTE BAGS PURCHASED TO BE UT
    contract · Last action 2008-07-08
    $893
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PATRIOTIC ISLAND FLAG
    contract · Last action 2007-10-17
    $888
  • Department of State
    OFFICE SUPPLIES FOR FRANKFURT PD
    contract · Last action 2011-10-26
    $801
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-02
    $710
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    INCENTIVES (PENS, PINS, ETC.) FOR EMPLOYEE PROGRAM
    contract · Last action 2008-01-11
    $706
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-03
    $693
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PEN FLASHLIGHT FOR NIH TRAINING (RN MD'S)
    contract · Last action 2008-07-16
    $692
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PURCHASE MANY ITEMS TO BE USED TO SUPPORT VETERANS
    contract · Last action 2007-10-31
    $645
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT COURS
    contract · Last action 2008-03-21
    $643
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-20
    $635
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    DURAHYDE ZIPPERED PADFOLIOS
    contract · Last action 2008-04-14
    $619
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-19
    $585
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-18
    $578
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-11
    $544
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    ETHNIC ITEMS FOR FACILITY DIVERSITY DAY/EMPLOYEE P
    contract · Last action 2008-07-02
    $524
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    GOLD 1ST PLACE MEDAL FOR CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL
    contract · Last action 2008-02-21
    $519
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SUPPLIES FOR EMERGING TO EXCELLENCE FAIR
    contract · Last action 2008-07-01
    $489
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-18
    $479
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-18
    $474
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-03
    $466
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-15
    $466
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-25
    $465
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PERSONALIZED PINK RIBBONS GLITTER PIN
    contract · Last action 2007-10-05
    $450
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    NEON WATER BOTTLES
    contract · Last action 2008-05-14
    $444
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-23
    $437
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    MINI NEON STRESS BALLS FOR THE "GREAT AMERICAN SMO
    contract · Last action 2007-11-06
    $437
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-27
    $432
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    MISCELLANEOUS DECORATIONS AND GIFT ITEMS FOR FAMIL
    contract · Last action 2008-07-02
    $416
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SPIRAL NOTE BOOK PEN SET
    contract · Last action 2008-06-13
    $413
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    FREDIX CREATIVE EDGE
    contract · Last action 2008-05-15
    $409
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-28
    $402
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    INCENTIVES FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPO
    contract · Last action 2007-11-02
    $396
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PLASTIC FLOWER POTS
    contract · Last action 2008-07-17
    $392
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CANDY CORN FOR PATIENT MEALS
    contract · Last action 2007-10-17
    $379

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 423920 - TOY AND HOBBY GOODS AND SUPPLIES MERCHANT WHOLESALERS. Last action: 2012-12-12. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2023-12-20Referral33$22,583
2023-07-06Complaint52$7,949
2011-06-01Complaint0$0
2008-04-30Referral1$0
1998-04-27Complaint0$0
1993-02-16Complaint126$5,655
1991-12-04Complaint1110$6,650
1988-10-21Complaint51$140

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. is one of 1,594 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,594 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,594 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 37 violations and $42,977.4 in total penalties.
How does ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC. operates in the toy and hobby goods and supplies merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 7.32 compared to an industry average of 1.2.