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Designcraft, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Lake Zurich, Illinois · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

2inspections
8citation items
$8,400current penalties
Dec 7, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Designcraft, Inc. 2 times in Illinois since 2015.

The latest one began on Dec 7, 2015 after a complaint, in Lake Zurich.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 6 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,600 and now stand at $8,400, 33% 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 manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Designcraft, Inc. averages $4,200 (2 cited inspections).

Designcraft, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Designcraft, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341102853 OPENED DEC 7, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 37 employees at the site · Closed May 31, 2016

850 Telser Rd., Lake Zurich, IL 60047 · Machine Shops · 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$2,100$2,100Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(10) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final

Inspection 341103224 OPENED DEC 7, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed May 13, 2016

850 Tesler Rd., Lake Zurich, IL 60047 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$3,500$2,100Mar 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$3,500$2,100Mar 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$3,500$2,100Mar 3, 2016Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Lake Zurich site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 41 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Designcraft, Inc.
Lake Zurich · 2025
41 000.02.7

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(f)(10)

(10) The employer shall ensure that workplace labels or other forms of warning are legible, in English, and prominently displayed on the container, or readily available in the work area throughout each work shift. Employers having employees who speak other languages may add the information in their language to the material presented, as long as the information is presented in English as well.

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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