FOSTER ELECTRIC CO.
1216 SW 2ND ST, Rochester, MN 55901
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Aug 6, 1997#126560663Aug 6, 1997Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#126560663$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #126560663
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 6, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 6, 1997
- Closed
- Oct 31, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3605 Hwy 52 North (ibm Building 203), Rochester, MN 55901
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 | 182065308 | Serious | 1 | 40 | $0 | $0 | Oct 13, 1997 | - | - |
Mar 8, 1993#120440144Mar 8, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#120440144$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120440144
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 8, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 8, 1993
- Closed
- Apr 20, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 901 Apache Mall, Rochester, MN 55902
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Sep 4, 1992#120430731Sep 4, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#120430731$5101 viol.1 violation$510 in penalties
Inspection #120430731
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 4, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 4, 1992
- Closed
- Jan 24, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $510
- Penalties on Record
- $510
- Site Address
- 201 W Center St (rochester Methodist Hospital), Rochester, MN 55901
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 | 1926.404 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260404 B01 I | Serious | 3 | 3 | $510 | $510 | Oct 14, 1992 | - | - |
Jan 3, 1992#111689212Jan 3, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111689212$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #111689212
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 3, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 3, 1992
- Closed
- Jan 22, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 201 W Center St (rochester Methodist Hospital), Rochester, MN 55901
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 | 5206070001 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1992 | - | - |
Apr 4, 1990#107795775Apr 4, 1990Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#107795775$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107795775
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 4, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 4, 1990
- Closed
- Apr 27, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- St. Mary's Hospital, 1216-2nd St. Sw., Rochester, MN 55902
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Mar 21, 1990#107795015Mar 21, 1990Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#107795015$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107795015
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 21, 1990
- Closed
- Apr 2, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 222 3rd Ave.sw & 210 2nd St.sw, Rochester, MN 55902
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Aug 16, 1989#107753006Aug 16, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#107753006$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107753006
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 16, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 19, 1989
- Closed
- Sep 5, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 36
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 222 3rd Ave.sw & 210 2nd St.sw, Rochester, MN 55902
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Jan 3, 1989#107816399Jan 3, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#107816399$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107816399
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 3, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 4, 1989
- Closed
- Feb 14, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 222 3rd Ave.sw & 210 2nd St.sw, Rochester, MN 55902
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Sep 15, 1988#107729204Sep 15, 1988Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#107729204$2661 viol.1 violation$266 in penalties
Inspection #107729204
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 15, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 15, 1988
- Closed
- Nov 8, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $266
- Penalties on Record
- $266
- Site Address
- 301 - 2nd Avenue, S.w. (mayo Hilton Bldg.), Rochester, MN 55901
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 | 1926.403 Electrical - General Requirements (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260403 I02 I | Serious | 2 | 2 | $266 | $266 | Oct 20, 1988 | - | - |
May 2, 1988#104554605May 2, 1988Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104554605$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104554605
Dates
- Opened
- May 2, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- May 3, 1988
- Closed
- May 30, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 29
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 10 3rd Ave. N.w., (mayo North Radiation Center), Rochester, MN 55901
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 | 1926.404 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260404 B 1 I | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.403 Electrical - General Requirements (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260403 I 2 I | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1988 | - | - |
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.
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.
15 inspections, 1973 to 1997. 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.