GOPHER NEWS COMPANY
9000 TENTH AVENUE NORTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55427
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Feb 12, 2004#307141267Feb 12, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#307141267$1,8006 viol.6 violations$1,800 in penalties
Inspection #307141267
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 12, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 12, 2004
- Contested
- Mar 11, 2004
- Closed
- Jun 17, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 60
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,800
- Penalties on Record
- $1,800
- Site Address
- 9000 Tenth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55427
- Industry
- 424920 Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers
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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Mar 11, 2004. Final orders are recorded through Jun 6, 2004. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 182065308 | Serious | 1 | 60 | $0 | $0 | Mar 20, 2004 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 1 | 1 | $800 | $600 | Mar 13, 2004 | Mar 11, 2004 | Jun 6, 2004 |
| 01005 | 5205011601 | Serious | 1 | 15 | $800 | $800 | Mar 13, 2004 | Mar 11, 2004 | Jun 6, 2004 |
| 01006 | 5206070001 OSHA citation code: 5206070001 G | Other | 1 | 15 | $600 | $200 | Jul 6, 2004 | Mar 11, 2004 | Jun 6, 2004 |
| 01007 | 5206100001 | Other | 1 | 1 | $600 | $200 | Mar 6, 2004 | Mar 11, 2004 | Jun 6, 2004 |
| 02002 | 5206070001 OSHA citation code: 5206070001 B | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Mar 20, 2004 | - | - |
Jan 10, 1994#120394952Jan 10, 1994Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#120394952$07 viol.7 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120394952
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 10, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 10, 1994
- Closed
- Feb 28, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 70
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 7 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9000 Tenth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55427
- 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 (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 27, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.25 Stairways OSHA citation code: 19100025 D01 X | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 31, 1994 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D03 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 27, 1994 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 6, 1994 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 L | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 3, 1994 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 G02 III | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 6, 1994 | - | - |
| 01007 | 5206100001 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 31, 1994 | - | - |
Nov 9, 1990#111656963Nov 9, 1990FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#111656963$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111656963
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 9, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 9, 1990
- Closed
- Nov 29, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 100
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9000 Tenth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55427
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
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 killed in motor vehicle fire
Jun 6, 1990#111665535Jun 6, 1990Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111665535$1303 viol.3 violations$130 in penalties
Inspection #111665535
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 6, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 6, 1990
- Contested
- Jul 31, 1990
- Closed
- Aug 15, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 90
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $250
- Penalties on Record
- $130
- Site Address
- 9000 Tenth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55427
- 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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jul 31, 1990. Final orders are recorded through Nov 26, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 2 | 2 | $250 | $130 | Aug 27, 1990 | Jul 31, 1990 | Nov 26, 1990 |
| 02001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Aug 13, 1990 | - | - |
| 02002 | 5205067502 | Other | 11 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 30, 1990 | - | - |
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.
4 inspections, 1990 to 2004. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers reported 2.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 8.4%; NAICS 4249 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source