OSHA has inspected SMS Group Inc. once in Illinois.
The inspection began on Nov 4, 2024 on a referral, in Mokena.
That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $14,112 and now stand at $9,878, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.146.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for professional services employers since 2015 is $1,820, and SMS Group Inc. averages $9,878 (1 cited inspection).
SMS Group 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
413employers 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 2019, the Mokena site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 35 workers: 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
SMS Group - Mokena Division
Mokena · 2019
35
1
0
2.3
2.1
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.
Oct 26, 2024, Mokena: Hospitalization · thermal burns second degree · foot (feet) and ankle(s)
On October 26, 2024, employees were preparing to clean a parts washer. An employee went up the stairs and stepped off the platform onto the door frame. They then stepped onto the washer's table to connect an overhead crane to the cleaned parts basket. They walked back across the washer's table to exit and then stepped back onto the door frame with their right foot to reach the step platform.…
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)
(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
(ii) Each employee is protected from tripping into or stepping into or through any hole that is less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above a lower level by covers or guardrail systems.
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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.
