WESCO SPRING CO
4501 S KNOX AVE, Chicago, IL 60632
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Inspection records
May 3, 2000#303119705May 3, 2000Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#303119705$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #303119705
Dates
- Opened
- May 3, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- May 3, 2000
- Closed
- May 4, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 80
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4501 S. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL 60632
- 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.
Oct 6, 1999#122161748Oct 6, 1999Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#122161748$2,4505 viol.5 violations$2,450 in penalties
Inspection #122161748
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 6, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 6, 1999
- Closed
- Apr 18, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 80
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,450
- Penalties on Record
- $2,450
- Site Address
- 4501 S. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL 60632
- 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 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B03 I | Serious | 1 | 3 | $700 | $700 | Apr 14, 2000 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B04 I | Serious | 1 | 3 | $525 | $525 | Dec 20, 1999 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B04 II | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Dec 20, 1999 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B08 III | Serious | 1 | 3 | $700 | $700 | Dec 20, 1999 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 B01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $525 | $525 | Dec 20, 1999 | - | - |
Sep 6, 1985#1264415Sep 6, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#1264415$2002 viol.2 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #1264415
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 6, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 20, 1985
- Closed
- Jan 8, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 100
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 4501 S. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL 60632
- 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 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $200 | $200 | Aug 11, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 10, 1986 | - | - |
Sep 12, 1979#15811110Sep 12, 1979Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#15811110$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15811110
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 12, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 12, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 60
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4501 S Knox, Chicago, IL 60632
- 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.
Aug 1, 1978#15810765Aug 1, 1978Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#15810765$2,00025 viol.25 violations$2,000 in penalties
Inspection #15810765
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 1, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 10, 1978
- Contested
- Sep 15, 1978
- Closed
- May 19, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 130
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 25
- Violation Types
- 8 serious, 2 willful, 15 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $9,120
- Penalties on Record
- $2,000
- Site Address
- 4501 S Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Violations
Violation list (10 of 25 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 | 4 | - | $640 | $150 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 2 | - | $700 | $150 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A04 | Serious | 2 | - | $500 | $150 | Aug 31, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B03 I | Serious | 1 | - | $560 | $0 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 B04 I | Serious | 1 | - | $480 | $125 | Sep 1, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01006 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 D01 II | Serious | 1 | - | $240 | $50 | Aug 31, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01007 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 B02 | Serious | 2 | - | $320 | $125 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 01008 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F01 | Serious | 4 | - | $400 | $150 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 02001A | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 C01 I | Willful | 1 | - | $4,800 | $1,000 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
| 02001B | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 C02 IA | Willful | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 22, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | - |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 25 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
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, 1978 to 2000. 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.