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Beam Global: OSHA inspections and violations

Broadview, Illinois · Storage Battery Manufacturing · NAICS 335911

3inspections
3citation items
$19,545current penalties
Jan 18, 2024last inspection

Since 2023, OSHA inspectors have visited Beam Global in Illinois 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 18, 2024 to follow up on an earlier case, in Broadview.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $28,126; today they stand at $19,545, 31% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Beam Global averages $9,772 across 2 cited inspections.

Beam Global also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Beam Global: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347216616 OPENED JAN 18, 2024Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 2024

2600 S. 25th Ave. Suite Z, Broadview, IL 60155 · All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346973811 OPENED SEP 14, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Mar 1, 2024

2600 S. 25th Ave. Suite Z, Broadview, IL 60155 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$14,063$9,745Jan 12, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2024Final

Inspection 346795016 OPENED JUN 27, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Sep 29, 2023

2600 S. 25th Ave. Suite Z, Broadview, IL 60155 · Storage Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$14,063$9,800Aug 18, 2023Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Broadview site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 20 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
AllCell
Broadview · 2024
20 000.01.5

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.

Aug 30, 2023, Broadview: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was clearing a jam in a tape machine when the safety guard came back down, which started the blade of the machine and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(d)

(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

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