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Clausen Structures, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago, Illinois · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · NAICS 238120

2inspections
31citation items
$34,500current penalties
Aug 12, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Clausen Structures, Inc. 2 times in Illinois since 2017.

The latest one began on Aug 12, 2019, in Elmhurst.

Those inspections ended with 31 citation items: 29 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $84,926 and now stand at $34,500, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lead in construction comes up most often in these citations: 21 items under 1926.62.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Clausen Structures, Inc. averages $34,500 (1 cited inspection).

Clausen Structures, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344225974 OPENED AUG 12, 2019Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Oct 22, 2019

290 E @ Salt Creek, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342192200 OPENED MAR 22, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Oct 23, 2019

W. Congress Pkwy. & S. Jefferson St., Chicago, IL 60607 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete 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$8,873$4,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.62(f)(2)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$8,873$4,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(a) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.62(f)(1)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1926.62(f)(3)(i)(a) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$8,873$4,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.62(c)(1) · Lead in construction
Serious$8,873$3,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$8,873$3,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(iii) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5c
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(iv) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1926.62(g)(1)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$8,873$7,500Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1926.62(g)(1)(ii) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(c) · Lead in construction
Serious$8,873$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6d
29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6e
29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(ii) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1926.62(i)(3)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$3,802$1,500Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(f) · Lead in construction
Serious$8,873$4,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1926.62(l)(1)(i) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9c
29 CFR 1926.62(l)(1)(ii) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9d
29 CFR 1926.62(l)(2) · Lead in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9e
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1926.62(h)(1) · Lead in construction
Serious$3,802$1,500Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 12a
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Serious$6,338$2,000Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 12b
29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1) · Occupational noise exposure
Serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.62(l)(3)(i) · Lead in construction
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 11, 2017Final

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(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

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 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.52 · Occupational noise exposure

29 CFR 1926.62 · Lead in construction

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