WALTER KOST, INCORPORATED
ROUTE 31 PO BOX 39, SOUTH ELGIN, IL 60177
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Inspection records
Feb 4, 1992#109641365Feb 4, 1992Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#109641365$3001 viol.1 violation$300 in penalties
Inspection #109641365
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 4, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 13, 1992
- Closed
- Mar 19, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 22
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $550
- Penalties on Record
- $300
- Site Address
- 1150 Woodcliff, South Elgin, IL 60177
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 IIB | Other | 1 | 3 | $550 | $300 | Mar 10, 1992 | - | - |
Apr 16, 1991#109634212Apr 16, 1991Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#109634212$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #109634212
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 16, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 16, 1991
- Closed
- Apr 16, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 41
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1150 Woodcliff, South Elgin, IL 60177
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Mar 1, 1991#109632604Mar 1, 1991Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#109632604$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #109632604
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 1, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 1, 1991
- Closed
- Mar 7, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 39
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1150 Woodcliff, South Elgin, IL 60177
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Feb 28, 1991#109634022Feb 28, 1991Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#109634022$4203 viol.3 violations$420 in penalties
Inspection #109634022
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 28, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 20, 1991
- Closed
- Feb 20, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 35
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $420
- Penalties on Record
- $420
- Site Address
- 1150 Woodcliff, South Elgin, IL 60177
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $420 | $420 | Jul 21, 1991 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01 | Other | 2 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Aug 22, 1991 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 L01 | Other | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1991 | - | - |
Mar 5, 1985#2224210Mar 5, 1985Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#2224210$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2224210
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 5, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 5, 1985
- Closed
- Mar 11, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 24
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Route 31 Po Box 39, South Elgin, IL 60177
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Nov 8, 1984#1949437Nov 8, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#1949437$2103 viol.3 violations$210 in penalties
Inspection #1949437
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 8, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 27, 1984
- Closed
- Mar 15, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 38
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $210
- Penalties on Record
- $210
- Site Address
- Route 31 Po Box 39, South Elgin, IL 60177
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 H01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $210 | $210 | Dec 24, 1984 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 B06 | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jan 1, 1985 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 R04 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 1, 1985 | - | - |
Nov 30, 1981#14434237Nov 30, 1981Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14434237$05 viol.5 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14434237
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 4, 1981
- Closed
- Feb 24, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 19
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Rt 1 Box 39, South Elgin, IL 60177
- 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 (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 H01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 14, 1982 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 14, 1982 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 14, 1982 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F04 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Dec 17, 1981 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Dec 21, 1981 | - | - |
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.
7 inspections, 1981 to 1992. 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.