Inspection 348271198 OPENED MAY 28, 2025Closed
1465 Spring Bay Rd., East Peoria, IL 61611 · Books Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Versa Press, Inc. 2 times in Illinois since 2020.
The latest one began on May 28, 2025 on a referral, in East Peoria.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $24,290 and now stand at $19,432, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Versa Press, Inc. averages $19,432 (1 cited inspection).
Versa Press, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 344586318 OPENED JAN 28, 2020Closed
1465 Spring Bay Rd., East Peoria, IL 61611 · Books Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 22, 2020: Employee lacerates fingers in press, one fingertip later amp
At 3:00 p.m. on January 22, 2020, an employee was troubleshooting a printing press that was making an unusual noise. The employee pressed down on a moving pulley to check for play in the pulley and caught his right hand in the device. The employee's fingers were caught between the pulley and belt, lacerating the index and middle fingers and requiring hospitalization and surgical amputation of his middle fingertip.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(b) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $12,145 | $9,716 | May 7, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(c) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $0 | $0 | May 7, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $12,145 | $9,716 | May 7, 2020 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the East Peoria site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 254 workers: 0.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 14 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versa Press, Inc. East Peoria · 2025 | 254 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| East Peoria site East Peoria · 2024 | 249 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
May 22, 2025, East Peoria: Hospitalization · fractures · hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
An employee was operating a press and manually feeding paper into the press when their right hand was caught in the press, resulting in several broken bones. The employee was hospitalized.
Jan 22, 2020, East Peoria: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On January 21, 2020, at around 3:00 PM, an employee was fixing a printing press when his right hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in lacerations to the index and middle fingers. The middle fingertip was surgically amputated.
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)(4)(ii)(b)
(B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy;
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(c)
(C) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and
29 CFR 1910.147(d)
(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:
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