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Lake Cable, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Bensenville, Illinois · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332618

2inspections
9citation items
$40,239current penalties
Oct 29, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Lake Cable, LLC 2 times in Illinois since 2012.

The latest one began on Oct 29, 2020 on a referral, in Bensenville.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 7 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $49,878 and now stand at $40,239, 19% lower after settlements or reviews.

Safeguards for personnel protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.335.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Lake Cable, LLC averages $9,639 (1 cited inspection).

Lake Cable, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Lake Cable, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345003099 OPENED OCT 29, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 54 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2021

139 Foster Ave, Bensenville, IL 60106 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 10, 2020: Employee amputates thumb while operating rewind machine

At 7:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, an employee was operating a rewind machine. The employee sustained a partial left thumb amputation, while attempting to disentangle a copper wire. The employee was hospitalized. During the disentangling process, employees are not required to perform lockout/tagout, but they are required to stop the machine by use of the e-stop button.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Other-than-serious$9,639$4,820Dec 18, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Other-than-serious$9,639$4,820Dec 18, 2020Final

Inspection 331901629 OPENED JAN 26, 2012Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 148 employees at the site · Closed Jun 4, 2012

529 Thomas Drive, Bensenville, IL 60106 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$4,500$4,500May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$4,500$4,500May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$6,300$6,300May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii) · Gas welding and cutting
 Serious$2,700$2,700May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection
 Serious$6,300$6,300May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 6 Serious$6,300$6,300May 9, 2012Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2017, the Bensenville site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 243 workers: 4.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Lake Cable LLC
Bensenville · 2017
243 904.03.3

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.

Sep 10, 2020, Bensenville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was attempting to disentangle the wire in a rewind machine when the wire caused a partial amputation to the employee's left thumb tip.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i)

(f) Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up—(1) General. (i) The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i)

(2) Information and Training. (i) The employer shall train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requirements of this section. Such training must be provided at no cost to the employee and during working hours. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.332 · Training

29 CFR 1910.335 · Safeguards for personnel protection

Other other fabricated wire product manufacturing employers in Illinois

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