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WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.

610 RAILROAD STREET, MATTOON, WI, 54450
Operated by Besse Forest Products Group · 1 of 8 establishments
321211Hardwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing
EIN 311244402

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OSHA inspections
13
over 37 years
Violations
69
$76,110 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
5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. has accumulated 69 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $76,110 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 54 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
13
0.4 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
69
1.9 / yr
Penalties
$76,110
$1,103 avg / violation
86% serious14% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 13
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 13

85% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 10 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 · 30 citations in this view · $70,270 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0144$12,936Mar 1989Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0333$825Mar 1989Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I22$6,091Nov 2013Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0222$2,959May 1999Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0213 Q0222$1,380Mar 1989Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0265 E04 IIB22$650Mar 1989May 1999
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0122$320Mar 1989Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0265 C18 I11$6,091Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$6,091Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I11$4,438Jun 2022Jun 2022
5A000111$4,438Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0611$3,698Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0028 B06 I11$3,698Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0028 B03 IV11$3,698Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$2,959Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$2,500Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$2,500Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$2,000Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$1,500Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$1,500Nov 2013Nov 2013

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

94th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3212 within WI. Peer group: 54 employers. This establishment has 69 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
92nd
peer median: $5,079
Inspection frequency
98th
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
8.6
vs industry
+6.6
TRIR
9.7
vs industry
+5.7

Reported for 79 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
4.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
9.7
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
3
Complaint
8
Referral
2

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) · May 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular 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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
May 31, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(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
May 31, 2019Amputated,Fingertip,Pinched,Plywood1

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
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$231
Employees affected
2

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 · $231 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJul 2005122$231

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 · $231 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2003 – Jul 2005Hardwood Veneer and Plywood ManufacturingFLSA22$231

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 WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for Besse Forest Products Group, 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 Besse Forest Products Group 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
30-CA-017319Unfair labor practiceOct 2005Nov 2005ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016552Unfair labor practiceAug 2003May 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
0
Formal actions
1
EPA penalties
$75,000

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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 · $75,000 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
WISCONSIN VENEER & PLYWOOD INC
610 RAILROAD STREET · MATTOON, WI, 54450
AirWaterNo Violation Identified21$75,000Jan 2023View →

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 WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-01-06Referral55$14,966
2022-01-06Complaint98$35,284
2019-06-12Referral11$6,200
2016-01-28Complaint1$0
2013-09-26Planned1111$10,000
2004-02-19Complaint33$910
2002-05-08Complaint11$1,100
2001-04-03Complaint0$0
1999-06-09Complaint0$0
1999-04-13Planned129$2,150
1998-02-12Complaint22$800
1993-06-29Complaint84$2,400
1989-03-01Planned1615$2,300

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. is one of 8 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Besse Forest Products Group.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Besse Forest Products Group across all 8 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. 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 Besse Forest Products Group, which operates 8 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 WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 69 violations and $76,110 in total penalties.
How does WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC. operates in the hardwood veneer and plywood manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4. WISCONSIN VENEER AND PLYWOOD, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 8.61 compared to an industry average of 2.