Establishment profile
PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.
650 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET, VILLA GROVE, IL, 61956
332710 — Machine Shops
EIN 370891392
Summary
PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP. has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $19,321 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 80th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 632 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 74th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP. appears in OSHA workplace safety and FMCSA motor carrier registration records 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), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
67% 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $19,321 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $10,000 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $2,296 | Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L06 | 1 | 1 | $2,025 | Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 Q07 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 B02 | 1 | 1 | $500 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0101 B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
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 3327 within IL. Peer group: 632 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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 60 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) · Sep 2023
Most frequent event: Contact with objects and equipment, 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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2023 | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.. 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 PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.. 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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAULS MACHINE AND WELDING CORP 650 N SYCAMORE ST · VILLA GROVE, IL, 61956 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2014 | View → |
PAULS MACHINE AND WELDING CORP. RR 1 BOX 53 · VILLA GROVE, IL, 61956 | Air | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal contracts
This location
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332312 - FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2016-10-05. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-07 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $4,321 | |
| 2006-02-16 | Planned | 8 | 5 | $15,000 | |
| 1982-09-02 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.'s OSHA violation history?
- PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $19,321 in total penalties.
- How does PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP. operates in the machine shops industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.7. PAUL'S MACHINE & WELDING CORP.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.5.