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Wireformers, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago, Illinois · Forging and Stamping · NAICS 332116

5inspections
13citation items
$9,713current penalties
Sep 7, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Wireformers, Inc. 5 times in Illinois since 1982.

The latest one began on Sep 7, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Mount Prospect.

Those inspections ended with 13 citation items: 11 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,538 and now stand at $9,713, 23% lower after settlements or reviews.

Mechanical power presses comes up most often in these citations: 10 items under 1910.217.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Wireformers, Inc. averages $6,688 (1 cited inspection).

Wireformers, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1982 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341754992 OPENED SEP 7, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Dec 7, 2016

500 Carboy Road, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(7)(x) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$4,988$4,988Nov 9, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$1,700$1,700Nov 9, 2016Final

Inspection 313238214 OPENED MAY 20, 2009Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jul 6, 2009

500 Carboy Road, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 · Forging and Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,500$700May 29, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$1,500$625May 29, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$1,050$500May 29, 2009Closed

Inspection 302565734 OPENED DEC 10, 1998Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 4, 1999

1723 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(3)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$450$300Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(6)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$450$300Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(6)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$0$0Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(6)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$0$0Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(8)(ii) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$450$300Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(8)(iii) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$0$0Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$450$300Dec 15, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.217(d)(9)(ii) · Mechanical power presses
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 15, 1998Closed

Inspection 15885775 OPENED DEC 15, 1982Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 1984

1723 33 North Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 15900012 OPENED FEB 9, 1982Closed

Planned · Records only · Safety · 23 employees at the site · Closed Feb 9, 1982

1723 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.217 · Mechanical power presses

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(3)(i)

(3) Machines using full revolution positive clutches. (i) Machines using full revolution clutches shall incorporate a single-stroke mechanism.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

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