G. E. Mathis Company: OSHA inspections and violations
Chicago, Illinois · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999
10inspections
30citation items
$10,112current penalties
Feb 3, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected G. E. Mathis Company 10 times in Illinois since 1976.
The latest one began on Feb 3, 2021 on a referral, in Chicago.
Those inspections ended with 30 citation items: 10 serious and 20 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $16,851 and now stand at $10,112, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and G. E. Mathis Company averages $5,500 (1 cited inspection).
G. E. Mathis Company also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Jan 30, 2021: Employee fractures leg when struck by chain
At 6:00 a.m. on January 30, 2021, Employee #1, a crane operator, had just rigged up 7,000 pounds of sheet metal using an overhead crane and lifting apparatus. One of the chains of the apparatus slipped off the hook of the clamp being used to hold the sheet metal, striking Employee #1 in the lower right leg. Employee #1 suffered broken bones in the lower leg and was hospitalized.
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious
$0
$0
Jun 7, 1976
Closed
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 Chicago site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 83 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
G E Mathis Company
Chicago · 2025
83
1
0
1.2
3.6
G.E. Mathis Company
Chicago · 2019
80
5
0
4.9
2.4
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 30, 2021, Chicago: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
On 1/30/2021, at 6:00 AM, an employee was operating an overhead crane to move steel plate material in the horizontal position. The crane was equipped with lifting devices including a spreader bar, chains, and plate clamps. The rigging failed and the steel plate fell on the employee's right ankle resulting in lower leg fractures.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(i) The spraying operations except electrostatic spraying operations shall be so designed, installed and maintained that the average air velocity over the open face of the booth (or booth cross section during spraying operations) shall be not less than 100 linear feet per minute. Electrostatic spraying operations may be conducted with an air velocity over the open face of the booth of not less than 60 linear feet per minute, or more, depending on the volume of the finishing material being applied and its flammability and explosion characteristics. Visible gauges or audible alarm or pressure activated devices shall be installed to indicate or insure that the required air velocity is maintained. Filter rolls shall be inspected to insure proper replacement of filter media.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
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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.
