Establishment profile
RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION
2545 W ARTHINGTON AVE., CHICAGO, IL, 60612
Operated by Richardson Seating Corp · 1 of 2 establishments
337127 — Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
EIN 362830328
Summary
RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $15,650 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 82nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 214 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 16 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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
80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3371 within IL. Peer group: 214 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 40 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) · Feb 2024
Most frequent event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2024 | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
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 RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for Richardson Seating Corp, not this location alone
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 Richardson Seating Corp locations in the same state.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-08 | Referral | 3 | 2 | $13,000 | |
| 2015-01-07 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-05-24 | Referral | 7 | 7 | $2,650 | |
| 2001-05-18 | Complaint | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-01-03 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Richardson Seating Corp.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Richardson Seating Corp across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in institutional furniture manufacturing within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- WAG INDUSTRIESCHICAGO — 2 federal enforcement records
- BRETFORD MANUFACTURING, INC.FRANKLIN PARK — 2 federal enforcement records
- ECOLOGIC INDUSTRIES, LLCGURNEE — 1 federal enforcement record
- SUBURBAN SURGICAL CO.WHEELING — 1 federal enforcement record
- SCI DESIGNCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- OOSTERBAAN SCAFFOLDING COMPANYCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- CHICAGO BOOTH MANUFACTURING, INC.CHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- IRWIN SEATING COMPANYALTAMONT — 1 federal enforcement record
- E J INDUSTRIESCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- E-J INDUSTRIESCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Richardson Seating Corp, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- RICHARDSON SEATING CORPSchaumburg, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Richardson Seating Corp locationsParent rollup
- Institutional Furniture ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Institutional Furniture Manufacturing in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
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This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION 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 Richardson Seating Corp, which operates 2 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.
Frequently asked
- What is RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
- RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $15,650 in total penalties.
- How does RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
- RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION operates in the institutional furniture manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5. RICHARDSON SEATING CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.6.