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AVATAR CORPORATION
$10,391
penalties
2
viol.
2
insp.

AVATAR CORPORATION

500 CENTRAL AVE., UNIVERSITY PARK, IL 60466NAICS 311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending

Inspections
2
May 2005 to Mar 2020 · 1 safety, 1 health
Violations
2
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$10,391
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Mar 4, 2020Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344673181$10,3912 viol.

Inspection #344673181

Dates

Opened
Mar 4, 2020
Closing Conference Date
Mar 4, 2020
Final Order
May 20, 2020
Closed
Aug 13, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
61
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$14,844
Penalties on Record
$10,391
Site Address
500 Central Ave., University Park, IL 60484
Industry
325613 Surface Active Agent Manufacturing

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationFeb 27, 2020

Employee breaks arm when struck by steel tote that fell from

Event: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 L04 II B
Other116$5,398$3,779Jun 3, 2020-May 20, 2020
010021910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 O01
Serious116$9,446$6,612May 22, 2020-May 20, 2020
May 25, 2005Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#309021889$00 viol.

Inspection #309021889

Dates

Opened
May 25, 2005
Closing Conference Date
May 25, 2005
Closed
May 25, 2005

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
25
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
500 Central Ave., University Park, IL 60466
Industry
311225 Fats and Oils Refining and Blending

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.

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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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

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.

Standards cited

1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks2 citations · $10,391

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.0
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$5,196
Industry average$3,525

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