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Blandex Co.: OSHA inspections and violations

Skokie, Illinois · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

2inspections
12citation items
$15,000current penalties
Sep 8, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Blandex Co. 2 times in Illinois since 2025.

The latest one began on Sep 8, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Skokie; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 12 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $25,110 and now stand at $15,000, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Silica dust in construction comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1926.1153.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Blandex Co. averages $7,500 (2 cited inspections).

Blandex Co.: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348488826 OPENED SEP 8, 2025Open

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Open

5005 Warren St, Skokie, IL 60077 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1) · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
Serious$2,838$2,100Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$3,972$2,100Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
Serious$2,412$1,800Jan 12, 2026Final

Inspection 348489964 OPENED SEP 8, 2025Open

Planned · Partial · Health · 6 employees at the site · Open

5005 Warren St, Skokie, IL 60077 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$3,972$3,000Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$3,972$3,000Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(2)(i) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$3,972$3,000Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$3,972$0Jan 12, 2026Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)

(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

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