Aurora, Illinois · Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424110
1inspections
3citation items
$30,000current penalties
Aug 30, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected OX Aurora, LLC once in Illinois.
The inspection began on Aug 30, 2023 on a referral, in Aurora.
That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $40,179 and now stand at $30,000, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and OX Aurora, LLC averages $30,000 (1 cited inspection).
OX Aurora, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
420employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Aurora site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 8.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 187 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ox Aurora, LLC
Aurora · 2025
48
4
2
8.4
1.9
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of 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.
