REFAX, INC.
3240 W. 5TH AVE., GARY, IN 46406
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Inspection records
Mar 8, 2001#127415081Mar 8, 2001Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#127415081$79012 viol.12 violations$790 in penalties
Inspection #127415081
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 8, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 8, 2001
- Closed
- Jun 11, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 21
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 7 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,575
- Penalties on Record
- $790
- Site Address
- 3240 West 5th Avenue, Gary, IN 46404
- 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 (10 of 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.36 OSHA citation code: 19100036 B04 | Serious | 3 | 14 | $225 | $113 | Apr 23, 2001 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 J03 | Serious | 1 | 14 | $225 | $113 | May 11, 2001 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 E03 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $225 | $113 | May 11, 2001 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 4 | 3 | $225 | $113 | May 4, 2001 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 3 | 3 | $225 | $113 | Jun 8, 2001 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $225 | $113 | May 4, 2001 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 3 | 1 | $225 | $112 | Apr 23, 2001 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.38 OSHA citation code: 19100038 A01 | Other | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 2001 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 L | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 2001 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B04 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 23, 2001 | - | - |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 12 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Oct 4, 1999#127427698Oct 4, 1999Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#127427698$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #127427698
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 4, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 4, 1999
- Closed
- Oct 14, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3240 W. 5th Ave., Gary, IN 46406
- 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.
Mar 11, 1992#115018194Mar 11, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115018194$2,1707 viol.7 violations$2,170 in penalties
Inspection #115018194
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 11, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 11, 1992
- Closed
- Mar 21, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,375
- Penalties on Record
- $2,170
- Site Address
- 6200 Industrial Highway, Gary, IN 46406
- 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 (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $875 | $435 | Jun 29, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 I01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $875 | $435 | Jun 29, 1992 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.304 Wiring design and protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F04 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $875 | $650 | Jun 19, 1992 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $875 | $650 | Jun 16, 1992 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Other | 1 | 35 | $875 | $0 | Jun 19, 1992 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.36 OSHA citation code: 19100036 B07 | Other | 1 | 35 | $0 | $0 | Jun 29, 1992 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.38 OSHA citation code: 19100038 A01 | Other | 1 | 35 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 1992 | - | - |
Feb 5, 1987#104054358Feb 5, 1987Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#104054358$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #104054358
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 5, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 5, 1987
- Closed
- Mar 19, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 27
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6200 Industrial Highway, Gary, IN 46406
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.304 Wiring design and protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 V | Other | 3 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 21, 1987 | - | - |
Feb 5, 1987#2703759Feb 5, 1987Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#2703759$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2703759
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 5, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 5, 1987
- Closed
- May 19, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 27
- Related Activity
- 3 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6200 Industrial Highway, Gary, IN 46406
- 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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A05 IIC | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 24, 1987 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A05 IV | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 24, 1987 | - | - |
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.
5 inspections, 1987 to 2001. 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.