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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: BRK.B)
Headquartered in: Nebraska
Major Industry: diversified
Specific Industry: diversified
Penalty total since 2000$1,327,085,082
Number of records: 3,308
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
safety-related offenses$615,771,0652,915
environment-related offenses$234,546,673243
consumer-protection-related offenses$200,528,59382
competition-related offenses$140,770,5007
financial offenses$113,816,2818
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
utility safety violation$549,768,62516
environmental violation$234,546,673243
consumer protection violation$152,076,00010
energy market violation$105,090,5004
investor protection violation$72,896,0002
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$26,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$29,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,800
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,700
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,125
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,625
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,750
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,800
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$9,100
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$12,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$12,300
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$12,750
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$13,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$13,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$13,700
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$15,300
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$15,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$19,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$20,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,750
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$47,750
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,125
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$9,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,850
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$25,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$25,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,800
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$23,375
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$14,175
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$20,550
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$27,625
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$25,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$9,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,200
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,350
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$6,175
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,700
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$8,750
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$6,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$16,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$11,375
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$14,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$13,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$6,300
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$6,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$6,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$7,200
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$12,800
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2005FRA$11,375
Union Tank Car Co.railroad safety violation2005FRA$15,000
Union Tank Car Co.railroad safety violation2005FRA$8,000
Union Tank Car Co.railroad safety violation2005FRA$5,000
Forest River, Inc.environmental violation2005CA-ARB$333,000
MidAmerican Energy Companyenvironmental violation2005IL-ENV$10,000
Johns Manvilleenvironmental violation2005IL-ENV$145,000
FOREST RIVER INC DBA STARCRAFT BUS & MOBILITYenvironmental violation2005IN-ENV$37,314
MCWILLIAMS FORGEenvironmental violation2005NJ-ENV$5,250
Johns Manvilleenvironmental violation2005OH-ENV$6,000
The Lubrizol Corporationenvironmental violation2005TX-ENV$25,600
Wyman-Gordon Forgings, LPenvironmental violation2005TX-ENV$26,500
The Lubrizol Corporationenvironmental violation2005TX-ENV$5,325
Acme Brick Companyenvironmental violation2005TX-ENV$6,000
Acme Brick Companyenvironmental violation2005TX-ENV$8,080
Klune Industries Inc.environmental violation2005CA-SCAQMD$127,000
AIR INDUSTRIES COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$18,840
SEE'S CANDIES INCworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,170
KLUNE INDUSTRIES, INC.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,500
R C WILLEY HOME FURNISHINGSworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$9,000
HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$11,000
PCC SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INCworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,901
CHEMTOOL, INC.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,940
CMH MANUFACTURING INCworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,300
Lubrizol Corporationeconomic sanction violation2006OFAC$5,500
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COenvironmental violation2006PHMSA$205,000
Lubrizol, Inc. at the Noveon Kalama plantlabor relations violation2006NLRB$70,000
Noveon Kalama, Inc.labor relations violation2006NLRB$70,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,100
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$14,472
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,040
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,100
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,200
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,240
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,720
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,150
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,700
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$9,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$20,390
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,088
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,760
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$5,856
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,120
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$6,700
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,200
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,440
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2006FRA$7,560
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.