Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol BRK.B)
Headquartered in:
Nebraska
Major Industry:
diversified
Specific Industry:
diversified
Penalty total since 2000:
$531,696,058
Number of records:
2,936
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environment-related offenses | $220,229,933 | 175 |
| financial offenses | $113,816,281 | 8 |
| competition-related offenses | $100,870,500 | 4 |
| safety-related offenses | $63,676,062 | 2,644 |
| employment-related offenses | $16,457,858 | 52 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environmental violation | $220,229,933 | 175 |
| energy market violation | $100,690,500 | 3 |
| investor protection violation | $72,896,000 | 2 |
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $36,700,000 | 2 |
| motor vehicle safety violation | $35,051,792 | 4 |
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:
For more details on misconduct by this company, see its entry in the Project On Government Oversight's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.
For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency |
Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | energy market violation | 2007 | FERC | $96,500,500 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $90,110,000 |
| General Reinsurance Corporation | investor protection violation | 2009 | OH-AG | $72,000,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $60,700,000 |
| Forest River Inc. | motor vehicle safety violation | 2015 | NHTSA | $35,000,000 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway | environmental violation | 2004 | ND-AG | $30,250,000 |
| General Reinsurance Corporation | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2010 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $24,500,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | (*) $14,000,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $13,750,000 |
| General Re Corporation | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2010 | SEC | $12,200,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $10,810,000 |
| Geico | insurance violation | 2015 | CA-INS | $6,000,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | economic sanction violation | 2020 | OFAC | $4,144,651 |
| PacifiCorp | energy market violation | 2011 | FERC | $3,925,000 |
| PacifiCorp | environmental violation | 2020 | USAO | $3,400,000 |
| GEICO | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $3,300,000 |
| Applied Underwriters | insurance violation | 2019 | NY-DFS | $3,000,000 |
| GEICO County Mutual Insurance Company et al. | insurance violation | 2020 | TX-INS | $3,000,000 |
| Air Industries Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | USAO | $2,700,000 |
| PacifiCorp Energy | environmental violation | 2014 | FWS | $2,500,000 |
| Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2002 | EEOC | $2,200,000 |
| Ingersoll Milling Machine Company | employment discrimination | 2001 | EEOC | $1,800,000 |
| GEICO | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,743,320 |
| McLane Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $1,461,902 |
| BNSF Railway Company | environmental violation | 2018 | USAO | $950,000 |
| CMH Manufacturing | employment discrimination | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $930,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | investor protection violation | 2014 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $896,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2007 | EEOC | $800,000 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2020 | OSHA | $696,173 |
| TTI, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2020 | OFCCP | $650,000 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $600,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corp. | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $500,000 |
| TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $430,000 |
| The Medical Protective Co. | insurance violation | 2011 | FL-OFR | $403,000 |
| Forest River, Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-ARB | $333,000 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2011 | OSHA | $300,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | (*) $300,000 |
| BNSF Railway Co. | workplace whistleblower retaliation | 2021 | OSHA | $290,000 |
| NETJETS AVIATION INC | aviation safety violation | 2018 | FAA | $280,000 |
| PacificCorp | energy market violation | 2012 | FERC | $265,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $258,176 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $225,400 |
| McLane Food Service | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $225,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation d/b/a TIMET | employment discrimination | 2003 | EEOC | $217,500 |
| NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO | environmental violation | 2006 | PHMSA | $205,000 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $196,000 |
| Future Metals Inc. | export control violation | 2003 | BIS | $180,000 |
| GEICO | insurance violation | 2010 | CT-INS | $177,500 |
| NOVEON KALAMA | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $169,995 |
| GEICO | insurance violation | 2018 | RI-FIN | $161,813 |
| HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $160,000 |
| PCC Structurals, Inc. formerly named Precision Castparts | labor relations violation | 2001 | NLRB | $156,500 |
| WYMAN GORDON COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $145,600 |
| SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $145,300 |
| JOHNS MANVILLE | environmental violation | 2009 | IL-ENV | $145,000 |
| Johns Manville | environmental violation | 2005 | IL-ENV | $145,000 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | TX-ENV | $143,460 |
| BNSF Railway | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-LACA | $140,000 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company | environmental violation | 2021 | EPA | $140,000 |
| Caledonian Alloys, Inc. | environmental violation | 2010 | NC-ENV | $139,583 |
| Carlton Forge Works | environmental violation | 2016 | CA-ARB | $130,000 |
| Forest River, Inc. | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | $130,000 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | railroad safety violation | 2009 | FRA | $123,950 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company | wage and hour violation | 2013 | WHD | $121,391 |
| GEICO Inc. | insurance violation | 2006 | WA-INS | $120,000 |
| Air Industries Company | employment discrimination | 2020 | OFCCP | $117,147 |
| PCC Airfoils, Inc. | environmental violation | 2002 | OH-ENV | $111,000 |
| McLane/Midwest, Inc. | employment screening violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $105,100 |
| Union Tank Car Company | labor relations violation | 2019 | NLRB | $100,000 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2011 | WA-INS | $100,000 |
| Wyman-Gordon Investment Castings, Inc. | environmental violation | 2002 | CT-ENV | $100,000 |
| Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2010 | EEOC | $95,000 |
| BNSF Railway Co. | employment discrimination | 2016 | EEOC | $95,000 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad | environmental violation | 2017 | CA-ARB | $95,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2002 | FRA | $93,500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2012 | FRA | $91,750 |
| Sierra Pacific Power Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $88,544 |
| WYMAN GORDON INVESTMENT CASTINGS | environmental violation | 2002 | EPA | $88,312 |
| BNSF Dilworth Yard | environmental violation | 2006 | MN-ENV | $87,175 |
| BNSF Railway | environmental violation | 2006 | CA-ARB | $87,000 |
| BNSF | environmental violation | 2015 | WA-ENV | $86,000 |
| PCC Specialty Products, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2003 | NLRB | $85,000 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $85,000 |
| WYMAN-GORDON CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $85,000 |
| Benjamin Moore & Company | environmental violation | 2019 | CA-ARB | $82,000 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2016 | NY-DFS | $81,000 |
| McLane Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $80,290 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2002 | FRA | $80,000 |
| Geico Indemnity Company | insurance violation | 2016 | NY-DFS | $80,000 |
| PCC ROLLMET, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $78,465 |
| Precision Edge Surgical Products, LLC | wage and hour violation | 2018 | WHD | $76,589 |
| Marmon Utility LLC | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $75,000 |
| NOVEON, INC | environmental violation | 2004 | KY-ENV | $75,000 |
| WYMAN-GORDON CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $71,250 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $71,182 |
| Marmon/Keystone Corporation | labor relations violation | 2009 | NLRB | $70,000 |
| Lubrizol, Inc. at the Noveon Kalama pPant | labor relations violation | 2006 | NLRB | $70,000 |
| Noveon Kalama, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2006 | NLRB | $70,000 |
| Geico General Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2016 | NY-DFS | $70,000 |
| Bridger Coal Company | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | MSHA | $70,000 |
| Bridger Coal Company | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | MSHA | $70,000 |
