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WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY

803 SOUTH MISSOURI AVENUE, MARCELINE, MO, 64658
Operated by WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC · 1 of 2 establishments
323117Books Printing
EIN 430718484

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OSHA inspections
14
over 52 years
Violations
40
$65,299 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY has accumulated 40 OSHA violations across 14 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $65,299 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 338 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
14
0.3 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
40
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$65,299
$1,632 avg / violation
45% serious55% other
Inspection trigger · planned
10 of 14
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 14

79% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 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 · 28 citations in this view · $65,299 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0144$19,754Aug 1979Mar 2018
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II42$395Sep 1973Aug 1979
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$563Jul 1981Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22Sep 1973Aug 1979
29 CFR 1926.0020 F0211$16,550Feb 2025Feb 2025
29 CFR 1926.0416 A0111$16,550Feb 2025Feb 2025
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11$3,500Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$3,500Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$2,380Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$650Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$650Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0178 G0211$563Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$180Aug 1979Aug 1979
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0911$35Sep 1973Sep 1973
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$30Sep 1973Sep 1973
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0111Jul 1981Jul 1981
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11Jul 1981Jul 1981
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111Jul 1981Jul 1981
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111Aug 1979Aug 1979

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 3231 within MO. Peer group: 338 employers. This establishment has 40 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $864
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
−1.1
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.9

Reported for 95 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
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
10
Complaint
1
Referral
2
Follow-up
1

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) · Jan 2018 – Sep 2024 · 1 in last 5 years

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
Sep 17, 2024Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 voltsBody systems and other part(s) of bodyHospitalized
Jan 26, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation

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 26, 2018Amputation,Caught In,Finger1

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
$0
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 · 2 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Dec 201612

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 · 2 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2016 – Dec 2016Book PublishersFMLA21

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 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MO — for WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
17-CA-021236Unfair labor practiceJun 2001Oct 2001ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-019716Unfair labor practiceJun 1998Dec 1998ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY. 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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
WALSWORTH PUBLISHING
306 N KANSAS AVE · MARCELINE, MO, 64658
RCRANo Violation Identified00Mar 1995View →

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
3920
Operation
A

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 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$52K
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Defense
$52K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    SCREW STRIP BOARD
    contract · Last action 2010-09-15
    $48,570
  • Department of Defense
    DV PICTURE BOOKS TO BE PRESENTED DURING BOLD ALIGATOR 2012
    contract · Last action 2012-01-04
    $3,258

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 323117 - BOOKS PRINTING. Last action: 2012-01-04. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-09-24Referral22$33,100
2018-01-30Referral11$12,934
2016-01-27Planned22$4,760
2012-04-18Planned0$0
2012-02-14Planned33$11,200
2008-10-29Planned22$1,125
2001-07-12Complaint22$1,300
1987-04-24Planned1$0
1984-03-09Planned0$0
1981-06-24Planned4$0
1979-10-23Follow-up0$0
1979-08-07Planned146$780
1977-09-06Planned3$0
1973-09-06Planned6$100

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY 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 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC, 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.

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Frequently asked

What is WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY has 14 OSHA inspections on record with 40 violations and $65,299 in total penalties.
How does WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY operates in the books printing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.1.