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Akron Services Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Edelstein, Illinois · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

2inspections
8citation items
$17,679current penalties
Mar 14, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Akron Services Inc. 2 times in Illinois since 2013.

The latest one began on Mar 14, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Edelstein.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 6 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $29,465 and now stand at $17,679, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Grain handling facilities comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.272.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Akron Services Inc. averages $2,979 (1 cited inspection).

Akron Services Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348109224 OPENED MAR 14, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Sep 8, 2025

17705 N Elevator Rd, Edelstein, IL 61526 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,965$2,979Jul 31, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii) · Grain handling facilities
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2025Final

Inspection 339288490 OPENED AUG 12, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 7, 2013

17705 N Elevator Rd, Edelstein, IL 61526 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$4,900$4,900Oct 9, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$4,900$4,900Oct 9, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(3) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$4,900$0Oct 9, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$4,900$4,900Oct 9, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$4,900$0Oct 9, 2013Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6)

(6) The user shall see that all nameplates and markings are in place and are maintained in a legible condition.

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)

(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i)

(i) The employer shall issue a permit for entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's representative (who would otherwise authorize the permit) is present during the entire operation. The permit shall certify that the precautions contained in this paragraph (§ 1910.272(g)) have been implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks. The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.

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