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.
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.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.