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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

515 DELAWARE ST SE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55455
Operated by University of Minnesota · 1 of 14 establishments
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
EIN 416007513

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OSHA inspections
23
over 44 years
Violations
6
$665 in penalties
Penalties
$665
$111 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 23 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $665 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 70th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
23
0.5 / yr · last 44 yrs
Violations
6
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$665
$111 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · planned
9 of 23
Inspection trigger · complaint
7 of 23

17% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 6 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $665 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 5205.011011$490Nov 2019Nov 2019
29 CFR 1910.1025 H02 II11$175Jul 2005Jul 2005
29 CFR 1926.0025 A11Dec 1987Dec 1987
29 CFR 1926.0500 C 111Dec 1987Dec 1987
29 CFR 1926.0500 D 111Dec 1987Dec 1987
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0711Jul 1985Jul 1985

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

70th

Above average violations in NAICS 6113 within MN. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
33rd
peer median: $1,715
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
0.0
vs industry
−0.6
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.3

Reported for 99 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
9
Complaint
7
Follow-up
6

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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 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
Jan 18, 2025Assembling,Chemical,Chemical Exposure,Cyanide,Laboratory,Poisoning,Seizure,Sodium Cyanide,UnresponsiveFatality11

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,757
Employees affected
1

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 · 1 violation · $2,757 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Aug 2023111$2,757

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. 1 case · 1 violations · $2,757 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2023 – Aug 2023Colleges, Universities, and Professional SchoolsFMLA11$2,757

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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
467
Certified
352
Avg wage ratio
1.27x
H-1BE-3 Australian

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act.

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
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
319 15TH AVE SE · MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55455
Water10Apr 2024View →

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
1160063
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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$24.0M
Awards
42
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$23.9M
Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Veterans Affairs$23.9M
Peace Corps$60K
Department of Agriculture$28K
Environmental Protection Agency$880
Largest awards
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    RADIOLOY SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2010-01-12
    $5,999,910
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    RADIOLOY SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2008-10-01
    $4,586,100
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UNIVERSITY OF MN PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE FULL DEPARTMENTAL COVERAGE TO MINNEAPOLIS VAMC IMAGING DEPARTMENT
    contract · Last action 2008-04-01
    $2,094,850
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CARDIOTHORACIC SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2008-07-18
    $1,600,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PROVIDE PHYSICIANS FOR STAFFING OF IMAGING DEPARTMENT AT VA MEDICAL CENTER MINNEAPOLIS MN
    contract · Last action 2007-12-12
    $1,571,450
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    PROVIDE RADIOLOGY/IMAGING DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2007-10-02
    $1,571,450
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    RAD/ONC DEPARTMENT COVERAGE (ICA)
    contract · Last action 2007-12-20
    $857,113
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UROLOGIST .8 FTE
    contract · Last action 2009-04-02
    $685,184
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UROLOGIST 1 FTE
    contract · Last action 2009-04-02
    $597,163
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UROLOGIST .8
    contract · Last action 2009-04-02
    $581,777
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UROLOGY SURGEON
    contract · Last action 2009-06-09
    $431,978
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE 38 USC 8153
    contract · Last action 2008-12-19
    $414,710
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    BRACHYTHERAPY SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2007-10-04
    $394,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    GENERAL SURGEONS ON CALL COVERAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-04-01
    $359,320
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    OPTHALMOLOGY SURGERY PER PROCEDURE
    contract · Last action 2008-10-01
    $340,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UROLOGIST .5 FTE
    contract · Last action 2009-01-20
    $297,788
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    VASCULAR DEPARTMENT COVERAGE (CLINIC/OR/CALL)
    contract · Last action 2008-06-13
    $253,752
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    DERMATOLOGY SURGEON
    contract · Last action 2008-08-26
    $209,349
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SPECIALTY LAB TESTING SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2010-07-21
    $180,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    ORTHOPEDIC SHOULDER SURGEON-BRAMAN
    contract · Last action 2007-11-29
    $158,746
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    NEUROSURGERY CHIEF
    contract · Last action 2008-09-12
    $133,347
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    ORTHO SPORTS MED
    contract · Last action 2007-10-12
    $131,064
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    NEUROSURGERY BACK-UP ON CALL SERVICE
    contract · Last action 2008-03-25
    $90,350
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    EMERGENCY SUPPORT FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY - PROFESSION PER PROCEEDURE
    contract · Last action 2009-01-28
    $80,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY SURGEONS
    contract · Last action 2007-10-01
    $69,920
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES.
    contract · Last action 2011-11-10
    $64,427
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    COMMISSION LINAC EQUIPMENT
    contract · Last action 2007-11-29
    $50,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CARDIOLOGY B/U
    contract · Last action 2008-10-01
    $44,246
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    .5 FTEE UROLOGY SURGEON - RAMANI
    contract · Last action 2007-10-01
    $34,330
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    ORTHO RECONSTRUCTIVE - MORGAN
    contract · Last action 2007-10-12
    $29,675
  • Peace Corps
    UNIVERSITY CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE STRATEGY CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2011-08-15
    $19,850
  • Peace Corps
    STRATEGY CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2010-06-25
    $19,850
  • Peace Corps
    MIN STRAT 2009-2010
    contract · Last action 2009-07-20
    $19,850
  • Department of Agriculture
    BRUCELLOSIS MILK SURVEILLANCE TESTING (AKA: BRUCELLA RING TEST) ON MILK SAMPLES SUBMITTED.
    contract · Last action 2010-06-16
    $8,907
  • Department of Agriculture
    PROVIDE LANDCARE&SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION OFFICE BLDG #391 AT 1992 FOLWELL AVE, AND ANNEX BLDG #479 AT 1561 LINDIG AVE, FOR THE PERIOD 10/1/11 - 9/30/12.
    contract · Last action 2014-12-03
    $7,017
  • Department of Agriculture
    NDSR ANNUAL SUPPORT
    contract · Last action 2010-09-14
    $4,175
  • Department of Agriculture
    contract · Last action 2008-02-25
    $4,150
  • Department of Agriculture
    REFUSE COLLECTION FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION OFFICE BLDG #391 AT 1992 FOLWELL AVE, 3 DAYS/WK, AND THE ANNEX-GREENHOUSE BLDG #479 AT 1561 LINDIG AVE, 1 DAY/WK FOR THE PERIOD 11/1/11 - 10/31/12.
    contract · Last action 2014-06-19
    $3,743
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    TRAINING/WORKSHOP
    contract · Last action 2008-08-01
    $880
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    TUITION FOR TO ATTEND CLASSES AT UNIV
    contract · Last action 2008-04-04
    $545
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WILL PROVIDE STAT LAB TESTING SERVICES FOR VA PATIENTS WHEN STAT TESTS ARE REQUIRED THAT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER LABORATORY IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE.
    contract · Last action 2011-01-27
    $0
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    MOHS
    contract · Last action 2009-10-01
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 621111 - OFFICES OF PHYSICIANS (EXCEPT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS). Last action: 2014-12-03. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-01-22Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2024-03-26Complaint0$0
2020-12-09Complaint0$0
2019-10-17Complaint1$490
2005-03-08Planned1$175
2004-10-26Complaint0$0
2004-06-04Complaint0$0
1996-06-24Complaint0$0
1987-11-17Planned3$0
1985-07-08Planned0$0
1985-06-12Complaint1$0
1983-10-07Follow-up0$0
1983-03-22Planned0$0
1982-11-04Planned0$0
1982-11-04Follow-up0$0
1982-11-04Follow-up0$0
1982-07-26Planned0$0
1982-07-08Planned0$0
1982-06-24Follow-up0$0
1982-06-24Follow-up0$0
1982-06-24Follow-up0$0
1982-06-10Planned0$0
1982-05-04Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA is one of 14 establishments rolled up under the parent organization University of Minnesota.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of University of Minnesota across all 14 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 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 University of Minnesota, which operates 14 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA's OSHA violation history?
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA has 23 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $665 in total penalties.
How does UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA's safety record compare to its industry?
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.6.
Has UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.