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Goodmark Nurseries, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Wonder Lake, Illinois · Nursery and Tree Production · NAICS 111421

1inspections
3citation items
$15,500current penalties
May 20, 2024last inspection

Goodmark Nurseries, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Illinois.

OSHA opened it on May 20, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Wonder Lake.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $19,359 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,500, down 20%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1904.39, reporting deaths and severe injuries (2 items).

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Goodmark Nurseries, LLC averages $15,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Goodmark Nurseries, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.

Goodmark Nurseries, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347492159 OPENED MAY 20, 2024Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Dec 10, 2024

5600 Block Of Miller Rd, Wonder Lake, IL 60097 · Nursery and Tree Production · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 2, 2024 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by metal bar on tractor

At 7:30 a.m. on May 2, 2024, Employee #1, a 59-year-old male Spanish-speaking nursery worker, was preparing to water recently planted items at the nursery. Employee #1 and a coworker had been directed to install irrigation hoses and needed to attach a Kubota tractor, Model TL1150SG, to a trailer to transport it through a field. The coworker reversed the tractor to connect to the trailer while Employee #1 stood between the trailer and the tractor. During this maneuver, Employee #1 was struck by a metal bar on the tractor, resulting in severe crushing injuries to his abdomen. Employee #1 died from these injuries on May 18, 2024. The investigation revealed that the coworker had not received training to operate the tractor.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
 Serious$11,292$11,292Sep 13, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$8,067$4,208Sep 13, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 13, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Wonder Lake site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 74 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Goodmark Nurseries LLC
Wonder Lake · 2025
74 202.53.8

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 30, 2018, Wonder Lake: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was attempting to repair a lawn mower. The employee's left hand was under the mower deck when the mower blade amputated the employee's left ring fingertip and lacerated the left middle fingertip. The mower was running at the time.

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Mar 3, 2021 to Jul 6, 2021
Wonder Lake
10$0$1,072

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1928.57 · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins

29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6)

(6) Operating instructions. At the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter, the employer shall instruct every employee in the safe operation and servicing of all covered equipment with which he is or will be involved, including at least the following safe operating practices:

Other nursery and tree production employers in Illinois

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