OSHA has inspected Wilson Electric 12 times in Illinois since 1973.
The latest one began on Apr 26, 2018 on a referral, in Rockford.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 8 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $23,291 and now stand at $13,760, 41% lower after settlements or reviews.
Job-site wiring comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.405.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Wilson Electric averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).
Wilson Electric also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 343116588 OPENED APR 26, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2018
5775 Logistics Way, Rockford, IL 61108 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 21, 2018: Employee falls from freezer and fractures ankles, injures ba
At 11:36 a.m. on April 21, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by an electrical services company, were engaged in installation work inside a 24-foot building. They were pulling Cat 5E data cable from the top of a large walk-in freezer and attaching J-hooks. The employees were not using fall protection. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 23 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to both ankles and injuries to multiple vertebrae.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $9,054 | $8,000 | Jul 18, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $6,467 | $2,000 | Jul 18, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Rockford site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 41 workers: 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 135 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Apr 21, 2018, Rockford: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
On April 21, 2018, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was on top of a walk-in freezer performing contracting electrical work, installing J-hooks and cables on the inside of a rooftop, when he fell 23 feet to the concrete floor below, damaging his ankles and back.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
