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Interkal LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Kalamazoo, Michigan · Institutional Furniture Manufacturing · NAICS 337127

7inspections
47citation items
$14,270current penalties
Nov 17, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Interkal LLC 7 times in Michigan since 1991.

The latest one began on Nov 17, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Kalamazoo.

Those inspections ended with 47 citation items: 19 serious and 28 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $17,350 and now stand at $14,270, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.

Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.146.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Interkal LLC averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

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

Interkal LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1991 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341919181 OPENED NOV 17, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 98 employees at the site · Closed Jan 19, 2017

5981 E. Cork St., Kalamazoo, MI 49048 · Institutional Furniture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.12154(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 9, 2017Final

Inspection 312077043 OPENED DEC 15, 2010Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 109 employees at the site · Closed Feb 7, 2011

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 · Institutional Furniture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 7, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 7, 2011Closed

Inspection 312004302 OPENED JUL 15, 2009Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Sep 1, 2009

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 · Institutional Furniture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$600$240Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$600$240Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$600$300Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Serious$600$240Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(14)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$600$300Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ia) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$600$300Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 30, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 30, 2009Closed

Inspection 304856420 OPENED MAY 3, 2004Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 146 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2004

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 · Institutional Furniture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$800$400Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$600$300Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$800$400Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 5 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.169(b)(3)(i) · Air receivers
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 23, 2004Closed

Inspection 124924739 OPENED OCT 11, 1995Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 160 employees at the site · Closed Apr 11, 1996

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$1,200$1,200Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$1,200$1,200Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$1,200$1,200Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$1,200$1,200Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 1995Closed

Inspection 114876329 OPENED MAY 28, 1992Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 260 employees at the site · Closed Jul 10, 1992

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$1,350$1,350Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$1,350$1,350Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$1,350$1,350Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Serious$1,350$1,350Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 5 Serious$1,350$1,350Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 6 Serious$0$0Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 16, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(4) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 16, 1992Closed

Inspection 110888005 OPENED FEB 26, 1991Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 170 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 1991

5981 E Cork, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 5 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 6 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed

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 Kalamazoo site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 142 workers: 7.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Interkal LLC
Kalamazoo · 2025
142 407.41.8

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)

(f) Labels and other forms of warning—(1) Labels on shipped containers. The chemical manufacturer, importer, or distributor shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked. Hazards not otherwise classified and hazards identified and classified under (d)(1)(ii) do not have to be addressed on the container. Where the chemical manufacturer, importer, or distributor is required to label, tag or mark the following shall be provided:

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(4)

(f) Any organic peroxide which, in laboratory testing, neither detonates in the cavitated state nor deflagrates at all and shows only a low or no effect when heated under confinement as well as low or no explosive power shall be defined as organic peroxide TYPE F;

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.169 · Air receivers

29 CFR 4080.1011

29 CFR 4081.1211

29 CFR 4081.125

29 CFR 4081.1273

29 CFR 4081.1276

29 CFR 4081.2042

29 CFR 4081.2176

29 CFR 4081.231

29 CFR 4081.2341

29 CFR 4081.2373

29 CFR 4081.2411

29 CFR 4081.2412

29 CFR 4081.2432

29 CFR 4081.2462

29 CFR 4081.2463

29 CFR 4081.2477

29 CFR 4081.2637

29 CFR 4081.3308

29 CFR 4081.3312

29 CFR 4081.34

29 CFR 4081.4007

29 CFR 4081.454

29 CFR 4081.5416

29 CFR 4081.632

29 CFR 4081.711

29 CFR 4081.716

29 CFR 4081.727

Other institutional furniture manufacturing employers in Michigan

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