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Supplyside, USA: OSHA inspections and violations

New Lenox, Illinois · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920

1inspections
11citation items
$46,000current penalties
Oct 25, 2017last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Supplyside, USA in Illinois one time.

It opened on Oct 25, 2017 on a referral, in New Lenox.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 8 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $91,832; today they stand at $46,000, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Supplyside, USA averages $46,000 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Supplyside, USA: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342726619 OPENED OCT 25, 2017Closed

Referral · Complete · Health · 42 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2020

2301 Ellis Drive, New Lenox, IL 60451 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 13, 2017: Employee's hand is crushed when troubleshooting a high speed

At 7:30 a.m. on October 13, 2017, an employee was troubleshooting the Model 310 Smetco High Speed Pallet Sorting Equipment. The employee placed a hand inside the machine to clean the photo sensors of the machine by wiping the sensors. The Smetco High Speed Pallet Sorting Machine moved from a horizontal position to a vertical position while the employee's hand was inside the machine with moving parts. The employee sustained fractured and lacerated fingers and hand. The equipment was not locked-out.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · Walking-working surfaces
 Serious$5,488$5,043Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$9,147$6,147Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,805$9,658Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$25,609$12,805Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.213(a)(12) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$9,147$0Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.219(m)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$9,147$0Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$9,147$6,147Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$365$200Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$9,147$5,000Jan 19, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 2
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
 Other-than-serious$1,830$1,000Jan 19, 2018Final

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 13, 2017, New Lenox: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hand(s), unspecified

An employee was working on a pallet flipper machine when the machine unexpectedly started and injured the employee's hand.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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