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Vacudyne Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago Heights, Illinois · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333298

8inspections
16citation items
$8,360current penalties
May 26, 2016last inspection

Since 2006, OSHA inspectors have visited Vacudyne Incorporated in Illinois 8 times.

The most recent inspection opened on May 26, 2016 after a complaint, in Chicago Heights.

In all, OSHA issued 16 citation items: 11 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $16,400; today they stand at $8,360, 49% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1026 (hexavalent chromium), 6 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Vacudyne Incorporated averages $1,960 across 1 cited inspection.

Vacudyne Incorporated: OSHA citation items per year, 2006 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341503431 OPENED MAY 26, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Aug 18, 2016

375 East Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.179(m)(1) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$2,800$1,960Jul 26, 2016Final

Inspection 340139120 OPENED DEC 15, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 18 employees at the site · Closed Mar 9, 2015

375 E. Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$2,000$1,400Feb 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$2,000$1,400Feb 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Feb 6, 2015Final

Inspection 339942997 OPENED JUL 14, 2014Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2014

375 E. Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 339122954 OPENED JUN 20, 2013Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Dec 16, 2014

375 E. Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1026(c) · Hexavalent chromium
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 21, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 21, 2013Final

Inspection 331900191 OPENED JAN 25, 2012Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Feb 23, 2012

375 E. Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315158121 OPENED JUN 17, 2011Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2011

375 East Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 313934309 OPENED MAR 30, 2010Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Aug 21, 2013

375 East Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$450$225May 28, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(iii) · Hexavalent chromium
Other-than-serious$750$0May 28, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1026(k)(1)(ia) · Hexavalent chromium
Other-than-serious$750$0May 28, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(i) · Hexavalent chromium
Serious$750$375May 28, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
Other-than-serious$0$0May 28, 2010Closed

Inspection 309025534 OPENED SEP 11, 2006Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Apr 18, 2008

375 E. Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$600$300Dec 26, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,100$1,000Dec 26, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2) · Air contaminants
Serious$2,100$1,000Dec 26, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1000(e) · Air contaminants
Serious$0$0Dec 26, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,100$700Dec 26, 2006Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants

29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2)

(2) Acceptable ceiling concentrations. An employee's exposure to a substance listed in Table Z-2 shall not exceed at any time during an 8-hour shift the acceptable ceiling concentration limit given for the substance in the table, except for a time period, and up to a concentration not exceeding the maximum duration and concentration allowed in the column under “acceptable maximum peak above the acceptable ceiling concentration for an 8-hour shift.”

29 CFR 1910.1000(e)

(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(c)

(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µgm/m 3), calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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