Addison, Illinois · Other Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493190
2inspections
4citation items
$16,380current penalties
May 27, 2015last inspection
OSHA has inspected Borgwarner Inc. 2 times in Illinois since 2011.
The latest one began on May 27, 2015 on a referral, in Bellwood.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $23,400 and now stand at $16,380, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Borgwarner Inc. averages $16,380 (1 cited inspection).
Borgwarner Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Bellwood site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 490 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 333 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
BorgWarner : Bellwood
Bellwood · 2023
490
8
5
1.2
2.7
BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood
Bellwood · 2018
400
8
1
1.3
2.7
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.
An employee was clearing a jam on a line when his glove and hand became caught between a roller and conveyor. The employee sustained multiple lacerations.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(7) Training and communication. (i) The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:
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 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d)
(D) Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained.
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.
