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Windstar Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Franklin Park, Illinois · General Freight Trucking, Local · NAICS 484110

1inspections
3citation items
$2,000current penalties
May 12, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Windstar Inc. once in Illinois.

The inspection began on May 12, 2016 after a complaint, in Franklin Park.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,000 and still stand at $2,000.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Windstar Inc. averages $2,000 (1 cited inspection).

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $9,222 in back wages owed to workers.

Windstar Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341468445 OPENED MAY 12, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jul 8, 2016

3710 River Rd., Ste 200, Franklin Park, IL 60131 · General Freight Trucking, Local · 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$2,000$2,000Jun 8, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 8, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 8, 2016Final

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Apr 27, 2015 to Apr 22, 2017
Franklin Park
54$9,222$0

The rules behind these citations

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

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).

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)

(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2)

(2) An exit access must be at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points. Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge, the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access.

Other general freight trucking, local employers in Illinois

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