UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA (UNI)
304 COMMONS, CEDAR FALLS, IA 50614 · NAICS 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Inspection records
Sep 11, 2018#343455994Sep 11, 2018FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#343455994$14,0005 viol.5 violations$14,000 in penalties
Inspection #343455994
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 11, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 11, 2018
- Final Order
- Nov 28, 2018
- Closed
- Dec 19, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,850
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $22,726
- Penalties on Record
- $14,000
- Site Address
- 2003 Campus Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50614
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.
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 is killed while working in steam tunnel
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 88.4 OSHA citation code: 88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017) | Serious | 1 | 4 | $6,929 | $4,000 | Jan 22, 2019 | - | Nov 28, 2018 |
| 01002A | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II B | Serious | 1 | 3 | $6,929 | $4,000 | Jan 22, 2019 | - | Nov 28, 2018 |
| 01002B | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II C | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Jan 22, 2019 | - | Nov 28, 2018 |
| 01003 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 1 | 4 | $4,434 | $3,000 | - | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| 01004 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $4,434 | $3,000 | - | Nov 28, 2018 |
Sep 26, 2016#341798502Sep 26, 2016Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#341798502$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #341798502
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 26, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 26, 2016
- Closed
- Nov 4, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,861
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 304 Commons, Cedar Falls, IA 50614
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
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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.
2 inspections, 2016 to 2018. 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).
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Standards cited
Industry comparison
Educational Services, 16,392 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: colleges, universities, and professional schools reported 1.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 2.6%; NAICS 6113 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source