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National Material Processing, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago, Illinois · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · NAICS 331110

5inspections
4citation items
$30,000current penalties
Dec 15, 2022last inspection

National Material Processing, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record in Illinois, the first in 2017.

OSHA's last visit started on Dec 15, 2022 to follow up on an earlier case, in Chicago.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $41,111 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $30,000, down 27%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. National Material Processing, LLC averages $10,000 over 3 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

National Material Processing, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346394786 OPENED DEC 15, 2022Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Mar 3, 2023

12100 S. Stoney Island, Chicago, IL 60633 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346017940 OPENED JUN 14, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Dec 16, 2022

12100 S. Stoney Island, Chicago, IL 60633 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$14,502$10,000Oct 19, 2022Final

Inspection 345259303 OPENED APR 19, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 33 employees at the site · Closed Feb 3, 2022

429 W. 127th Street, Chicago, IL 60628 · Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$7,802$7,000Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Other-than-serious$9,753$8,000Sep 9, 2021Final

Inspection 342358892 OPENED MAY 26, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 2018

12100 S. Stony Island, Chicago, IL 60633 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342167384 OPENED MAR 13, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Aug 25, 2017

12100 S. Stoney Island, Chicago, IL 60633 · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 8, 2017: Employee measuring steel amputates finger

At 6:30 p.m. on March 8, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a steel processing facility, was measuring a piece of steel when the tip of his right hand small finger was amputated.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$9,054$5,000Jul 14, 2017Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.

Jun 6, 2022, Chicago: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was feeding product into a slitter. The employee's left hand was on a tension stand and their right hand was changing a felt pad. The employee suffered a finger amputation on their right hand when their finger was pinched on the pad plate.

Mar 6, 2017, Chicago: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was measuring a piece of steel and amputated the right pinky fingertip.

May 3, 2016, Chicago: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · foot (feet), unspecified

An employee was disassembling steel racks when a piece of the rack fell and landed on the employee's right foot.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

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.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.151(c)

(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2)

(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing employers in Illinois

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