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Newko Prototype, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Palatine, Illinois · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

1inspections
3citation items
$13,903current penalties
Oct 3, 2024last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Newko Prototype, Inc. in Illinois one time.

It opened on Oct 3, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Palatine.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $19,861; today they stand at $13,903, 30% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Newko Prototype, Inc. averages $13,903 across 1 cited inspection.

Newko Prototype, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347795981 OPENED OCT 3, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2026

720 South Vermont Street, Palatine, IL 60067 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$8,276$5,793Feb 26, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$6,620$4,634Feb 26, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$4,965$3,476Feb 26, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.242(b)

(b) Compressed air used for cleaning. Compressed air shall not be used for cleaning purposes except where reduced to less than 30 p.s.i. and then only with effective chip guarding and personal protective equipment.

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