Nine Wisconsin companies get energy efficiency grants

Kohler has local approval for tent lodging

Published: March 20, 2013
Tags: Kohler, Lake Michigan

The Kohler Co. has local approval to develop about 250 acres of woodland along Lake Michigan for a tented retreat.

The OSHA report

Published: May 30, 2012
Tags: Advantage Building Contractors Inc., air conditioning, Appleton, bridge, Brothers & Sons, citation, commercial, concrete, D&M Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc., Drywall, electrical, excavation, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, first aid, Four Lakes Paving Co. Inc., Grafton, H.E. Wendlandt Co. Inc., H.J. Martin & Son Inc., hazard communication, heating, highway, institutional, insulation, Keller Inc., Ken Martinez, Kenosha, Kohler, ladder, lead, Madison, medical services, Mequon, Merrill, Milwaukee, Oregon, osha, Performance Roofing Systems Inc., Pinicas Siding & Roofing LLC, Plumbing, recording criteria, Resendiz Construction LLC, Rob Dehner Exteriors LLC, roofing, safety, Sanitiago Mendoza, scaffolding, settlement, Sheboygan, street, structural steel, training, United Structures Inc., Verona

The Daily Reporter’s digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations.

Kohler to close Malvern plant, transfer operations

Published: January 15, 2012
Tags: jobs, Kohler

A Kohler Co. faucet plant at Malvern will be closed with its operations moving to Sheridan and to a plant in Kohler.

The OSHA report

Published: December 3, 2010
Tags: A-1 Excavating Inc., aerial lift, Appleton, Applied Flooring Solutions LLC, Capelle Bros. & Diedrich Inc., citation, Columbus, Cuellar Construction, David and Goliath Builders Inc., Deerfield, Delavan, Eau Claire, Ebert Roofing LLC, education, elevated platform, Elkhart Lake, equipment, Evansville, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, Fernando Mancera, fire protection, flooring, Fond du Lac, framing, Freimuth Masonry Inc., Gethsemane Roofing, Giraffe Electric II Inc., hazard communication, Kohler, ladder, Luecke Siding and Roofing, masonry, methylene chloride, Mike Lyster Painting & Wallcovering Inc., Milwaukee, New Berlin, noise, Oak Roofing Inc., osha, Oshkosh, Osseo, RB Roofing & Siding, remodeling, residential, respiratory protection, RJS Contracting, Robert W. Nelson Inc., Rodriguez Quality Roofing, roofing, safety, saw, scaffolding, Sendik’s Managements Co. Inc., settlement, sewer line, Spancrete Inc., Sun Prairie, Superior Surfacing Corp., training, truck, Vanguard Contracting LLC, Ver Halen Inc., water line, Werlein Siding and Roofing, West Allis, Windy Ridge Construction

OSHA reports • RJS Contracting, Milwaukee, must pay a $750 scaffolding citation and a $750 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Sept. 10 during a roofing job at 2756 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee. • Superior Surfacing Corp., Greenfield, must pay a $750 respiratory-protection citation, [...]

Kohler cutting 750 jobs across U.S. due to slumping construction

Published: November 4, 2010
Tags: jobs, Kohler, Sheboygan, United Auto Workers Local 833

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — Kohler Co. is cutting 750 jobs in its U.S. plumbing operations, citing the continued slump in renovation and new home construction. The cuts include 350 employees in Sheboygan County, about half of them union workers whose contract with the company remains under negotiation. In a statement, Kohler says the reduction of [...]

Kohler Co. union holds picket outside headquarters

Published: October 7, 2010
Tags: Kohler, Sheboygan County, union, United Auto Workers Local 833
Comments: 1

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — Some Kohler Co. union employees are dissatisfied with the latest contract negotiations with the company. The United Auto Workers Local 833 organized an informational picket Wednesday that included several thousand union employees and their supporters outside company headquarters in Kohler. The last contract, which expired last month, impacts more than 1,900 [...]

State to build half of key PGA Championship interchange in Kohler

Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: Buteyn-Peterson Construction, interchange, Interstate 43, Kleist, Kohler, Kummer, Lambert & Fox LLP, Michael Berg, PGA Championship golf tournament, Schnell, Terence P. Fox, Van Stelle, Whistling Straits Golf Course, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Sean Ryan An eminent domain lawsuit challenging a proposed Interstate 43 interchange near Kohler has delayed half of the project. But the other half, an on-ramp on the west side of I-43, is likely to go to Buteyn-Peterson Construction Co. Inc., Sheboygan. The contractor on Tuesday was the only bidder for the Wisconsin Department [...]

Lawsuit slices interchange job into the rough (UPDATE)

Published: April 22, 2010
Tags: Alan Marcuvitz, eminent domain, golf, interchange, Interstate 43, Kohler, lawsuit, Michael Berg, Michael Best and Friedrich, PGA, Schnell, Van Stelle, Whistling Straights, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Sean Ryan Construction bids are due May 11 for an Interstate 43 interchange project likely to be tied up in an eminent domain lawsuit until at least fall. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is collecting bids for an estimated $1.5 million project to build the interchange in Mosel. The interchange, which has a July [...]

Kohler Co. gives grant to Contractors Educational Foundation (3:57 p.m. 12/22/09)

Kohler Co. on Tuesday announced that a $25,000 contribution has been made to the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Educational Foundation in support of the 2010 Kohler/Foundation Seminar Series. The Seminar Series program delivers educational sessions to contractors on the local level via live seminar events and online webinars. According to a press release, Kohler has been a [...]