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Chicago Laminating, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Arlington Heights, Illinois · Printing · NAICS 323110

4inspections
17citation items
$12,720current penalties
Jan 27, 2025last inspection

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.

Chicago Laminating, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1986 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348000175 OPENED JAN 27, 2025Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Dec 22, 2025

125 Weiler Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,620$6,000Mar 21, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,620$0Mar 21, 2025Final

Inspection 339893687 OPENED AUG 11, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 23 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2014

125 Weiler Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,200$840Sep 12, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2014Final

Inspection 339893943 OPENED AUG 11, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 23 employees at the site · Closed Mar 13, 2015

125 Weiler Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$1,200$840Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Serious$0$0Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,600$1,120Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,200$840Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$1,600$1,120Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,600$1,120Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,200$840Nov 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Nov 10, 2014Final

Inspection 2203909 OPENED DEC 10, 1986Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Dec 12, 1986

1440 Louis Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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 yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Chicago Laminating Inc
Arlington Heights · 2022
20 3014.41.3

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.

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 1910.1200(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.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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