Flow Products, Inc. has 7 OSHA inspections on record in Illinois, the first in 1974.
OSHA's last visit started on Dec 28, 2017 on a referral, in Chicago.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 34 citation items: 5 serious and 29 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $5,666 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,835, down 32%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (5 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Flow Products, Inc. averages $1,800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342854478 OPENED DEC 28, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Aug 10, 2018
2626 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60618 · Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 21, 2017: Employee is pinned by forklift while adjusting dock plate, f
At 10:30 a.m. on December 21, 2017, an employee was adjusting a dock plate because a Yale forklift was unable to reverse out of the freight truck. The employee dismounted the forklift while inside the freight truck and went behind the forklift to lift the dock plate manually. The forklift reversed and pinned the employee's leg between it and the dock plate, fracturing employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $2,956 | $1,800 | May 10, 2018 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
