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Universal Contractors, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago, Illinois · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

3inspections
12citation items
$3,950current penalties
Aug 23, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Universal Contractors, Inc. 3 times in Illinois since 1991.

The latest one began on Aug 23, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Chicago.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 10 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,469 and now stand at $3,950, 53% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Universal Contractors, Inc. averages $1,600 (2 cited inspections).

Universal Contractors, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1991 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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11 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 342578408 OPENED AUG 23, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jan 9, 2018

1520 W. Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(ix) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,716$1,335Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(x) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$2,173$1,065Sep 12, 2017Final

Inspection 342582822 OPENED AUG 23, 2017Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Mar 5, 2018

1520 W. Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,630$800Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2017Final

Inspection 103330155 OPENED MAY 17, 1991Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 2, 1992

1324 West Eddy Street, Chicago, IL 60657 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.59(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$450$150Jul 15, 1991Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(13) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$750$300Jul 15, 1991Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.451(s)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$750$300Jul 15, 1991Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 15, 1991Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.59 · Hazard communication

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