OSHA has inspected E. J. Basler Co. 3 times in Illinois since 2005.
The latest one began on Jul 7, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Schiller Park.
Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 10 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $32,929 and now stand at $18,750, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.
Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.215.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and E. J. Basler Co. averages $7,625 (2 cited inspections).
E. J. Basler Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Aug 5, 2021: Employee crushes foot when bar stock bundle stack collapses
At 1:50 p.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working for a manufacturer of precision turned products was operating an overhead crane. The employee was moving bundles of bar stock. He began stacking the bundles on top of each other when the stack collapsed and fell on his foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed foot.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Schiller Park site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 150 workers: 4.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 22 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
E J Basler Factory
Schiller Park · 2025
150
7
2
4.6
2.7
E J Basler Warehouse
Schiller Park · 2020
20
1
1
6.1
2.7
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An employee was moving a bundle of solid brass rods with an overhead crane. After being set on the floor, the bundle separated; rods rolled onto the employee's feet, crushing them.
An employee was holding a part to deburr it on a drill machine when the employee's gloved hand became caught in the drill, resulting in amputations to two fingers.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.
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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.
