Since 1986, OSHA inspectors have visited Chicago Laminating, Inc. in Illinois 4 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jan 27, 2025 on a referral, in Arlington Heights.
In all, OSHA issued 17 citation items: 14 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $22,840; today they stand at $12,720, 44% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 5 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Chicago Laminating, Inc. averages $6,000 across 1 cited inspection.
Chicago Laminating, 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.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
413employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Arlington Heights site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 20 workers: 14.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.3 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Chicago Laminating Inc
Arlington Heights · 2022
20
3
0
14.4
1.3
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.
Jan 21, 2025, Arlington Heights: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning liquid from the rollers of a paper laminating machine. His fingers were caught between two rollers; two fingers were amputated and a third was injured.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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 1910.1200(f)(5)(i)
(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii)
(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.
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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.