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Apco Packaging, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Bridge View, Illinois · Surface Active Agent Manufacturing · NAICS 325613

4inspections
12citation items
$18,440current penalties
Dec 7, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Apco Packaging, Inc. 4 times in Illinois since 2005.

The latest one began on Dec 7, 2023 on a referral, in Bridgeview.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 11 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $27,992 and now stand at $18,440, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Apco Packaging, Inc. averages $8,520 (2 cited inspections).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Apco Packaging, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2005 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347148975 OPENED DEC 7, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 86 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2024

9901 S. 76th Ave, Bridgeview, IL 60455 · Packaging and Labeling Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
Serious$11,292$6,750Feb 14, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Feb 14, 2024Final

Inspection 340698398 OPENED JUN 11, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 53 employees at the site · Closed Nov 20, 2015

9901 S 76th Ave, Bridgeview, IL 60455 · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,100$1,470Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$4,900$3,430Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2) · Air contaminants
Serious$4,900$3,430Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1000(e) · Air contaminants
Serious$0$0Nov 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,800$1,960Nov 3, 2015Final

Inspection 309026367 OPENED OCT 31, 2005Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2006

7500 W. 99th Pl., Bridge View, IL 60455 · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · 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$1,250$875Dec 1, 2005Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 30, 2005Closed

Inspection 309026151 OPENED OCT 26, 2005Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 43 employees at the site · Closed Jan 27, 2006

7500 W. 99th Pl., Bridge View, IL 60455 · Surface Active Agent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$750$525Dec 1, 2005Closed

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 29, 2023, Bridgeview: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was cleaning the tablet press machine and suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2)

(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.

29 CFR 1910.1000(e)

(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)

(3) Training. Employee training shall include at least:

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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