CASCADE ENGINEERING
5141 36TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Nov 19, 2020#344975578Nov 19, 2020Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344975578$2,4001 viol.1 violation$2,400 in penalties
Inspection #344975578
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 19, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 11, 2020
- Final Order
- Jan 26, 2021
- Closed
- Jan 26, 2021
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 100
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,800
- Penalties on Record
- $2,400
- Site Address
- 43950 37th St Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee incurs concussion when struck by pit
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 408.12185 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $4,800 | $2,400 | - | Jan 26, 2021 |
Aug 31, 2016#340055839Aug 31, 2016Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#340055839$2,1001 viol.1 violation$2,100 in penalties
Inspection #340055839
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 31, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 8, 2016
- Final Order
- Oct 25, 2016
- Closed
- Oct 31, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 80
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,200
- Penalties on Record
- $2,100
- Site Address
- 5145 36th St Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $4,200 | $2,100 | Nov 2, 2016 | - | Oct 25, 2016 |
Dec 8, 2009#312036551Dec 8, 2009Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#312036551$8002 viol.2 violations$800 in penalties
Inspection #312036551
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 8, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 2009
- Closed
- Mar 30, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 137
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,750
- Penalties on Record
- $800
- Site Address
- 5055 36th St Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4080.1011 OSHA citation code: 40801011 A | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,000 | $500 | Mar 1, 2010 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081622502 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $750 | $300 | Jan 26, 2010 | - | - |
Dec 3, 2009#312036569Dec 3, 2009Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#312036569$4001 viol.1 violation$400 in penalties
Inspection #312036569
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 3, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 2009
- Closed
- Mar 2, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 137
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $400
- Site Address
- 5055 36th St Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081144202 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $400 | Jan 26, 2010 | - | - |
May 25, 2004#301243416May 25, 2004Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#301243416$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301243416
Dates
- Opened
- May 25, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- May 25, 2004
- Closed
- Jun 14, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 100
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5141 36th Street Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Sep 6, 1996#125144980Sep 6, 1996Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#125144980$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125144980
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 6, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 12, 1996
- Closed
- Sep 12, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 458
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5141 36th Street Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1996 to 2020. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.