WERNIGK'S SAW MILL
NORTH VERMILION & AEMITY STREETS, POTOMAC, IL 61865
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Inspection records
Oct 29, 1986#101763308Oct 29, 1986Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#101763308$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101763308
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 29, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 29, 1986
- Closed
- Nov 18, 1988
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
- N. Vermilion & Aemity Sts., Potomac, IL 61865
- 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 29, 1986#2372159Aug 29, 1986Follow-Up (F) · No Inspection scope, Safety#2372159$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2372159
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 29, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 29, 1986
- Closed
- Aug 29, 1986
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
- North Vermilion & Aemity Streets, Potomac, IL 61865
- 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 21, 1986#101764017Aug 21, 1986Follow-Up (F) · No Inspection scope, Safety#101764017$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101764017
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 21, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 21, 1986
- Closed
- Apr 28, 1988
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
- N. Vermilion & Aemity Streets, Potomac, IL 61865
- 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.
Apr 15, 1986#101760841Apr 15, 1986Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#101760841$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101760841
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 15, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 15, 1986
- Closed
- Nov 18, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- North Vermilion & Aemity Streets, Potomac, IL 61865
- 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.
Jan 1, 1986#1926823Jan 1, 1986Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#1926823$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #1926823
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 1, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 14, 1986
- Closed
- Nov 18, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- North Vermilion & Aemity Streets, Potomac, IL 61865
- 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 8, 1985#1238575Aug 8, 1985Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#1238575$2403 viol.3 violations$240 in penalties
Inspection #1238575
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 8, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 8, 1985
- Closed
- Aug 27, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $240
- Penalties on Record
- $240
- Site Address
- North Vermilion & Aemity Streets, Potomac, IL 61865
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C12 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $120 | $120 | Aug 26, 1985 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.265 Sawmills OSHA citation code: 19100265 C22 | Serious | 9 | 6 | $120 | $120 | Aug 26, 1985 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1903.2 Posting of Notices; Availability of the Act, Regulations and Applicable Standards OSHA citation code: 19030002 A01 | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Aug 20, 1985 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties3 citations, $7,460 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 3 citations issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #101763308 | Nov 24, 1986 | $3,720 | - | - |
| 01002 | #101760841 | Apr 9, 1986 | $3,720 | - | - |
| 02001 | #1926823 | Aug 16, 1985 | $20 | - | - |
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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.
6 inspections, 1985 to 1986. 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.