Inspection 347456857 OPENED MAY 2, 2024Closed
2760 Spectrum Drive, Elgin, IL 60124 · Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Retail First Corp. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Illinois, the first in 2023.
OSHA's last visit started on May 2, 2024 to monitor an earlier case, in Elgin.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $21,876 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,500, down 70%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Retail First Corp. averages $6,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 346850894 OPENED JUL 21, 2023Closed
2760 Spectrum Drive, Elgin, IL 60124 · Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $10,938 | $6,500 | Dec 8, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Other-than-serious | $10,938 | $0 | Dec 8, 2023 | Final |
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.
Jul 11, 2023, Elgin: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a roller on a machine when her fingers were caught in the moving roller. The employee's right index and middle fingers were amputated.
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)(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 1910.212(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.
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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.