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Purpose Built Brands: OSHA inspections and violations

Gurnee, Illinois · Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing · NAICS 325612

2inspections
19citation items
$103,616current penalties
May 23, 2024last inspection

Since 2024, OSHA inspectors have visited Purpose Built Brands in Illinois 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on May 23, 2024 on a referral, in Gurnee.

In all, OSHA issued 19 citation items: 18 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $182,059; today they stand at $103,616, 43% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.119 (process safety management), 7 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Purpose Built Brands averages $51,808 across 2 cited inspections.

Purpose Built Brands also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Purpose Built Brands: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347504235 OPENED MAY 23, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 160 employees at the site · Closed Aug 20, 2025

755 Tri-state Parkway, Gurnee, IL 60031 · Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.106(b)(1)(i)(b) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$16,131$8,066Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.106(c)(2)(iv) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$0$0Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.106(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$16,131$8,066Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3) · Process safety management
 Serious$11,524$5,762Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ii) · Process safety management
 Serious$11,524$5,762Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.119(g)(1)(i) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2) · Process safety management
 Serious$11,524$5,762Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.119(l)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$11,524$5,762Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.119(m)(5) · Process safety management
 Serious$11,524$5,762Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$9,218$4,609Nov 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.178(c)(2)(iv) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$16,131$8,066Nov 6, 2024Final

Inspection 347470247 OPENED MAY 8, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 387 employees at the site · Closed Nov 5, 2024

755 Tri-state Parkway, Gurnee, IL 60031 · Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(ii) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
 Other-than-serious$2,304$1,000Aug 28, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Serious$16,131$15,000Sep 20, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$16,131$10,000Sep 20, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 20, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 20, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$16,131$10,000Sep 20, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$16,131$10,000Sep 20, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the Gurnee site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 167 workers: 3.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 37 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Purpose Built Brands
Gurnee · 2023
167 523.81.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(ii)

(ii) If your establishment had 250 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and this part requires your establishment to keep records, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(b)(1)(i)(b)

(b) Tank storage—(1) Design and construction of tanks—(i) Materials. (a) Tanks shall be built of steel except as provided in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) (b) through (e) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.106(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1)

(iv) Normal venting for aboveground tanks. (a) Atmospheric storage tanks shall be adequately vented to prevent the development of vacuum or pressure sufficient to distort the roof of a cone roof tank or exceeding the design pressure in the case of other atmospheric tanks, as a result of filling or emptying, and atmospheric temperature changes.

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

Other polish and other sanitation good manufacturing employers in Illinois

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