AMERICAN CAN CO
6017 SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60636
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Inspection records
Sep 10, 1985#1265065Sep 10, 1985Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#1265065$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #1265065
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 10, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 10, 1985
- Closed
- Sep 10, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 700
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6017 S Western, Chicago, IL 60636
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Aug 19, 1983#15780067Aug 19, 1983Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#15780067$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15780067
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 19, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 19, 1983
- Closed
- Aug 23, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 800
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6017 S Western, Chicago, IL 60636
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jul 7, 1976#15763220Jul 7, 1976Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#15763220$1,85030 viol.30 violations$1,850 in penalties
Inspection #15763220
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 7, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 1976
- Contested
- Nov 24, 1976
- Final Order
- Dec 26, 1984
- Closed
- Aug 18, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,500
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 30
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 27 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,850
- Penalties on Record
- $1,850
- Site Address
- 6017 South Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60636
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (12 of 30 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 1 | - | $700 | $700 | Nov 10, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 02001A | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 A03 VII | Serious | 1 | - | $700 | $700 | Aug 16, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 02001B | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 A03 VIII | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03001 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 011022 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Other | 1 | - | $50 | $50 | Aug 30, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 2 | - | $35 | $35 | Nov 10, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03004 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 20, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03005 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 B 037018 | Other | 1 | - | $50 | $50 | Aug 16, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03006 | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E02 II | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03007 | 1910.141 Sanitation OSHA citation code: 19100141 A03 I | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 16, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03008 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 A01 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 16, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
| 03009 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 B 011020 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 30, 1976 | Nov 24, 1976 | Dec 26, 1984 |
Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 30 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jun 28, 1972#214709784Jun 28, 1972Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#214709784$1166 viol.6 violations$116 in penalties
Inspection #214709784
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 28, 1972
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 28, 1972
- Closed
- Sep 1, 1973
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Not displayed
- Number of Employees
- 1,900
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $116
- Penalties on Record
- $116
- Site Address
- 6017 South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60636
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 M13 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 29, 1972 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 D03 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 29, 1972 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 B02 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 9, 1972 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 B | Other | 1 | - | $60 | $60 | Oct 9, 1972 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 1 | - | $30 | $30 | Sep 29, 1972 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.107 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials OSHA citation code: 19100107 D12 | Other | 1 | - | $26 | $26 | May 25, 1973 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
4 inspections, 1972 to 1985. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.