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Inkspire Graphix, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Des Plaines, Illinois · Commercial Screen Printing · NAICS 323113

1inspections
7citation items
$6,000current penalties
Dec 4, 2017last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Inkspire Graphix, Inc. in Illinois one time.

It opened on Dec 4, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Des Plaines.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 7 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $11,640; today they stand at $6,000, 48% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.451 (scaffolds, general requirements), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Inkspire Graphix, Inc. averages $6,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Inkspire Graphix, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342809118 OPENED DEC 4, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 2019

677 Graceland, Des Plaines, IL 60016 · Commercial Screen Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$2,000Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$2,000Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.454(b) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Jan 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$2,000Jan 12, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)

(c) Criteria for supported scaffolds. (1) Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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