Establishment profile
WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY
803 SOUTH MISSOURI AVENUE, MARCELINE, MO, 64658
Operated by WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC · 1 of 2 establishments
323117 — Books Printing
EIN 430718484
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
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 section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 4 | 4 | $19,754 | Aug 1979 | Mar 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 4 | 2 | $395 | Sep 1973 | Aug 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 2 | 2 | $563 | Jul 1981 | Nov 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 1973 | Aug 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1926.0020 F02 | 1 | 1 | $16,550 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1926.0416 A01 | 1 | 1 | $16,550 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C02 | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | $2,380 | Feb 2016 | Feb 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B02 | 1 | 1 | $650 | Jul 2001 | Jul 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 | 1 | 1 | $650 | Jul 2001 | Jul 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 G02 | 1 | 1 | $563 | Nov 2008 | Nov 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $180 | Aug 1979 | Aug 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 M09 | 1 | 1 | $35 | Sep 1973 | Sep 1973 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A02 | 1 | 1 | $30 | Sep 1973 | Sep 1973 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | — | May 1987 | May 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1981 | Jul 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1981 | Jul 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1981 | Jul 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1979 | Aug 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
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.
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 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
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) · Jan 2018 – Sep 2024 · 1 in last 5 years
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts | Body systems and other part(s) of body | Hospitalized | |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fingertip(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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2018 | Amputation,Caught In,Finger | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Dec 2016 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
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 period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 | Book Publishers | FMLA | 2 | 1 | — | — |
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
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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-CA-021236 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 2001 | Oct 2001 | Closed | Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 17-CA-019716 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 1998 | Dec 1998 | Closed | Region 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WALSWORTH PUBLISHING 306 N KANSAS AVE · MARCELINE, MO, 64658 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Mar 1995 | 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 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
- Department of DefenseSCREW STRIP BOARDcontract · Last action 2010-09-15$48,570
- Department of DefenseDV PICTURE BOOKS TO BE PRESENTED DURING BOLD ALIGATOR 2012contract · 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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-24 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $33,100 | |
| 2018-01-30 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $12,934 | |
| 2016-01-27 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $4,760 | |
| 2012-04-18 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2012-02-14 | Planned | 3 | 3 | $11,200 | |
| 2008-10-29 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $1,125 | |
| 2001-07-12 | Complaint | 2 | 2 | $1,300 | |
| 1987-04-24 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1984-03-09 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-06-24 | Planned | 4 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-10-23 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-08-07 | Planned | 14 | 6 | $780 | |
| 1977-09-06 | Planned | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1973-09-06 | Planned | 6 | — | $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.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in books printing within MO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- TCS LLCNORTH KANSAS CITY — 1 federal enforcement record
- VON HOFFMANN GRAPHICS, INC.OWENSVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
- EAKINS PRESS, INC. DBA A & J PRINTINGNIXA — 1 federal enforcement record
- CENVEO DBA PLUS COMMUNICATIONSST. LOUIS — 1 federal enforcement record
- MODERN LITHO-PRINT CO.JEFFERSON CITY — 1 federal enforcement record
- RR DONNELLEYOWENSVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All WALSWORTH PUBLISHING CO INC locationsParent rollup
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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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Contact sales →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.