Inspection #102992542

Name: OSHA Inspection #102992542: NORTH CHICAGO REFINERS & SMELTERS, INC.
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Closed

Accident (A)|View on OSHA.gov →

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.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a accident inspection of NORTH CHICAGO REFINERS & SMELTERS, INC. at 2028 South Sheridan Road, North Chicago, IL 60064 on Jun 14, 1993. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Dec 15, 1995.

OSHA documented 34 violations (22 serious, 3 willful, 3 repeat, 6 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $98,000. 1 incident investigation summary is associated with this inspection. This inspection is linked to 1 accident report in OSHA records.

This employer has 9 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 102992542
Type: Accident (A)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Jun 14, 1993
Closed: Dec 15, 1995
Contested: Jan 6, 1994
Final Order: Oct 11, 1994
Total Violations: 34
Penalties on Record: $98,000
Initial Penalties: $174,000
Related Activity: 1 accident

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.

Establishment

Name: NORTH CHICAGO REFINERS & SMELTERS, INC.
Address: 2028 South Sheridan Road, North Chicago, IL 60064
Industry: Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Other Inspections of This Employer9 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#103595278	Sep 7, 1995	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#102534690	Sep 7, 1995	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#102993748	Jun 12, 1993	Accident (A)	14 violations	$20,000
#103462560	Sep 2, 1992	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#101735702	Apr 28, 1992	Referral (C)	18 violations	$9,750
#103075750	Mar 24, 1992	Planned (H)	9 violations	$8,570
#106149123	Jan 30, 1990	Planned (H)	8 violations	$980
#100098839	Mar 5, 1987	Planned (H)	No violations
#100091917	Nov 25, 1985	Planned (H)	7 violations

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection appears immediately below.

FatalityHospitalizationJun 11, 1993

Two employees killed and six overcome by carbon monoxide

Injury: AsphyxiaBody part: Nerve System

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

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.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Dec 15, 1995.

Citations on Record

22 serious, 3 willful, 3 repeat, 6 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$174,000

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$98,000

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Jan 6, 1994. Final orders are recorded through Oct 11, 1994. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Violations

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.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01002	1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 B01	Serious	$3,500	$1,500	Jan 12, 1994	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01003	1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I	Serious	$5,000	$1,500	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01004	1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 IIB	Serious	$5,000	$2,000	Jan 12, 1994	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01005	1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D04 I	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01006	1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C01	Serious	$1,500	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01007	1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 E01	Serious	$5,000	$1,000	Jan 12, 1994	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01008	1910.180 Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100180 G01 V	Serious	$2,500	$1,500	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01009	1910.180 Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100180 G01 VI	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01010	1910.180 Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100180 I03 II	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 15, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01011	1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 C01	Serious	$3,500	$1,500	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01012	1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 E09 II	Serious	$2,000	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01013	1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01	Serious	$2,000	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01014	1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II	Serious	$5,000	$2,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01015	1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 B03	Serious	$2,000	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01016	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01017	1910.242 Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General OSHA citation code: 19100242 B	Serious	$2,000	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
01018	1910.243 Guarding of Portable Powered Tools OSHA citation code: 19100243 C03	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02001A	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01	Willful	$35,000	$23,000	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02001B	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C02	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02001C	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02002A	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03	Willful	$35,000	$24,000	Dec 28, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02002B	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 I	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02002C	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D05 I	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
02003	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G02 I	Willful	$35,000	$23,000	Sep 30, 1994	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
03001	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01	Repeat	$10,000	$4,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
03002A	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01	Repeat	$5,000	$2,000	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
03002B	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I	Repeat	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04001	1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 D01	Other	$0	$0	Jun 1, 1994	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04002	1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D04 I	Other	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04003	1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C04	Other	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04004	1910.180 Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100180 G01	Other	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04005	1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F04	Other	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994
04006	1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02	Other	$0	$0	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 6, 1994	Oct 11, 1994

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.

Report an issue

Data Source and Methodology

Data synced daily

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Records are updated daily. We strive for accuracy, but errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts after informal conference, settlement, or judicial review. Company pages group inspection records by normalized employer name, city, and state as reported in OSHA records. That grouping is deterministic and non-fuzzy, but it is not a universal legal-entity identifier. On inspection pages, the status display follows the DOL inspection record first. If the DOL inspection feed includes a close date, we show the inspection as closed. If the inspection feed has no close date but all citation records tied to that inspection show a final order date, we label the page "Final Order Recorded" and disclose the citation dates instead of inferring a close date. Chemical exposure sampling data and OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) are sourced from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS analyte codes. If you believe any record is inaccurate, please report it and we will investigate. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.