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Unity Hardwoods: OSHA inspections and violations

Bedford Park, Illinois · All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing · NAICS 321999

1inspections
2citation items
$1,600current penalties
Feb 17, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Unity Hardwoods once in Illinois.

The inspection began on Feb 17, 2016 after a complaint, in Bedford Park.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,600 and still stand at $1,600.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Unity Hardwoods averages $1,600 (1 cited inspection).

Unity Hardwoods: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341256618 OPENED FEB 17, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 8 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2016

5960 W. 66th Street, Bedford Park, IL 60638 · All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,600$1,600Apr 6, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2016Final

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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

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