Since 1986, OSHA inspectors have visited RTC Industries, Inc. in Illinois 4 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 12, 2020 on a referral, in Romeoville.
In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $14,992; today they stand at $10,557, 30% less.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. RTC Industries, Inc. averages $10,347 across 1 cited inspection.
RTC Industries, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Mar 4, 2020: Employee amputates fingertips while operating kick shear
At 1:30 p.m. on March 4, 2020, an employee was cutting plastic pieces. The employee was operating a kick shear. The employee amputated two fingertips and was treated without hospitalization.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342978806 OPENED FEB 22, 2018Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 231 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2018
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Romeoville site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 195 workers: 0.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 53 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
RTC Industries 801
Romeoville · 2025
195
2
2
0.8
0.0
RTC industries inc.
Romeoville · 2024
270
1
0
0.4
2.5
RTC Industries, INC.
Rolling Meadows · 2024
195
0
0
0.0
2.5
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.
(a) Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness. Work-relatedness is presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting from events or exposures occurring in the work environment, unless an exception in § 1904.5(b)(2) specifically applies.
(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.
(14) Wall openings. Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, shall be protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.
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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.