BEN A. BORENSTEIN & COMPANY
40TH & MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, Chicago, IL 60612
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Nov 18, 1997#300037868Nov 18, 1997Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#300037868$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #300037868
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 18, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Nov 18, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2649 E 75th Street, Chicago, IL 60649
- 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.
Dec 13, 1995#121927800Dec 13, 1995Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#121927800$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #121927800
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 13, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 13, 1995
- Closed
- Dec 13, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 111 East Chestnut, Chicago, IL 60611
- 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 24, 1995#102533882Jul 24, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#102533882$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102533882
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 24, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 24, 1995
- Closed
- Jul 24, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 650 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610
- 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 31, 1993#108719196Aug 31, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#108719196$1,0002 viol.2 violations$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #108719196
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 31, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 31, 1993
- Closed
- Oct 28, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,250
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- Housing Units 7120 S. Merrill, Chicago, IL 60611
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.500 Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart OSHA citation code: 19260500 C01 | Serious | 4 | 4 | $1,250 | $1,000 | Sep 23, 1993 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1926.150 Fire Protection (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260150 C01 IV | Other | 2 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Sep 23, 1993 | - | - |
Aug 31, 1993#103455804Aug 31, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#103455804$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #103455804
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 31, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 31, 1993
- Closed
- Sep 20, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Housing Units 7120 S. Merrill, Chicago, IL 60611
- 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 16, 1993#103446266Jul 16, 1993Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#103446266$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #103446266
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 16, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 16, 1993
- Closed
- Jul 16, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 12830 S. Leavitt, Chicago, IL 60612
- 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.
Jun 15, 1993#102526845Jun 15, 1993Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#102526845$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102526845
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 15, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 15, 1993
- Closed
- Jun 15, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 650 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610
- 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.
Apr 14, 1992#103464616Apr 14, 1992Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#103464616$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #103464616
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 14, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 14, 1992
- Closed
- Apr 15, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 650 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610
- 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.
Jan 21, 1992#102405529Jan 21, 1992Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Safety#102405529$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102405529
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 21, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 22, 1992
- Closed
- Jan 22, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 915 N. California, Chicago, IL 60622
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
May 3, 1988#102441649May 3, 1988Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Safety#102441649$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102441649
Dates
- Opened
- May 3, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- May 4, 1988
- Closed
- May 4, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 650 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
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.
15 inspections, 1983 to 1997. 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.