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SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

351 WALKER ST, ASHLAND, OR, 97520
Operated by Elior North America · 1 of 28 establishments
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
EIN 862771656

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OSHA inspections
16
over 29 years
Violations
34
$3,155 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY has accumulated 34 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 29 years of recorded history, with $3,155 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 81st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 58 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 16 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 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
16
0.6 / yr · last 29 yrs
Violations
34
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$3,155
$93 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 16
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 16

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 25 citations in this view · $3,155 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$410Apr 1998Aug 2006
29 CFR 7020.16105 A22$600Aug 2006Jul 2007
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I22$310Apr 1998Aug 2006
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0622Aug 2006Aug 2006
29 CFR 1926.1101 O0111$300Oct 1998Oct 1998
29 CFR 1926.1101 G01 III11$210Nov 2004Nov 2004
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$210Apr 1998Apr 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$210Apr 1998Apr 1998
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$210Apr 1998Apr 1998
29 CFR 1910.0095 D01 I11$195Jul 2007Jul 2007
29 CFR 7020.02703 A E11$195Apr 2007Apr 2007
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$105Jun 1997Jun 1997
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$100Aug 2006Aug 2006
29 CFR 7020.04111 B11$100Aug 2006Aug 2006
29 CFR 1910.0095 D0311Jul 2007Jul 2007
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0111Jul 2007Jul 2007
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11May 2007May 2007
29 CFR 7020.02705 C11Apr 2007Apr 2007
29 CFR 7020.02203 A11Apr 2007Apr 2007
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11Aug 2006Aug 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

81st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6113 within OR. Peer group: 58 employers. This establishment has 34 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
68th
peer median: $353
Inspection frequency
89th
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
0.0
vs industry
−0.6
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.3

Reported for 69 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
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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

Planned
6
Complaint
9
Referral
1

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 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 16+ years. Most recent activity: 16 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 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SOUTHERN OREGON 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 SOUTHERN OREGON 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 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. 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
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
1250 SISKIYOU BLVD · ASHLAND, OR, 97520
RCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2008View →

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 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$24K
Awards
4
Top agency
Environmental Protection Agency
$24K
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)
Environmental Protection Agency$24K
Department of Veterans Affairs$228.25
Department of the Interior$0
Largest awards
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    RATIFICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF GRID GENERATION (HEXAGON LAYERS) FOR THE EPA EMERGENCY RESPONSE APPLICATIONS. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPLETED SERVICES WAS 05/01/2010 THROUGH 08/31/2010.
    contract · Last action 2012-02-08
    $14,568
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY NEW PROCUREMENT FOR EXPANDING GRID DEVELOPMENT WORK TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (OEM) (SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT(S) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
    contract · Last action 2012-11-28
    $9,433
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CAREER FAIR 2008 REGISTERATION FOR FEDERAL CAREER
    contract · Last action 2008-03-11
    $228
  • Department of the Interior
    BOR COMPLEX NRHP RECOMMENDATION
    contract · Last action 2009-06-01
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 611310 - COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. Last action: 2012-11-28. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2009-09-28Planned0$0
2007-08-21Complaint0$0
2007-03-27Complaint1$600
2007-03-27Complaint3$195
2007-03-27Complaint32$195
2007-03-27Complaint0$0
2007-03-27Complaint1$0
2006-07-11Planned32$100
2006-07-11Planned52$200
2006-07-11Programmed Related42$200
2004-08-24Complaint22$210
2001-08-14Planned0$0
2001-06-22Referral2$0
1998-07-22Complaint11$300
1998-03-11Planned85$1,050
1997-06-09Complaint11$105

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY is one of 28 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Elior North America.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Elior North America across all 28 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SOUTHERN OREGON 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Elior North America, which operates 28 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 SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 34 violations and $3,155 in total penalties.
How does SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.6.