SPRAGUE IRON WORKS INC
MCCORMICK PLACE EXPANSION, CHICAGO, IL 60616
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Apr 10, 1990#106147838Apr 10, 1990Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#106147838$2,07030 viol.30 violations$2,070 in penalties
Inspection #106147838
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 10, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 24, 1990
- Contested
- Jun 27, 1990
- Closed
- Feb 28, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 18
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 30
- Violation Types
- 28 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,450
- Penalties on Record
- $2,070
- Site Address
- 4400-40 West Addison Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641
- 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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jun 27, 1990. Final orders are recorded through Mar 18, 1991. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (12 of 30 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $250 | $180 | Jul 6, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01002 | 1910.36 Design and Construction Requirements for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100036 B04 | Serious | 3 | 18 | $250 | $170 | Jul 6, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01003A | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 F01 | Serious | 2 | 18 | $250 | $100 | Jul 6, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01003B | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 H01 | Serious | 2 | 18 | $0 | $0 | Jun 15, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01003C | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 K02 | Serious | 2 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | - |
| 01004A | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 A01 | Serious | 1 | 18 | $250 | $100 | Jun 20, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01004B | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 B01 | Serious | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | Jun 20, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01005A | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 F02 I | Serious | 1 | 4 | $300 | $100 | Jul 6, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01005B | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 F02 II | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 15, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01006A | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 2 | $300 | $100 | Jun 20, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01006B | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 I | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 20, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
| 01007A | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 J03 | Serious | 4 | 10 | $250 | $130 | Jun 15, 1990 | Jun 27, 1990 | Mar 18, 1991 |
Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 30 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Dec 30, 1985#2289031Dec 30, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#2289031$604 viol.4 violations$60 in penalties
Inspection #2289031
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 30, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 30, 1985
- Closed
- Jan 27, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 53
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $180
- Penalties on Record
- $60
- Site Address
- 4400-40 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60641
- 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 (4 of 4 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 | $180 | $60 | Jan 31, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001A | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E06 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 14, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001B | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E06 II | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 14, 1986 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C04 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 1986 | - | - |
Oct 15, 1985#1261486Oct 15, 1985FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#1261486$3004 viol.4 violations$300 in penalties
Inspection #1261486
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 15, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 29, 1985
- Closed
- Dec 12, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 19
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $300
- Penalties on Record
- $300
- Site Address
- Mccormick Place Expansion, Chicago, IL 60616
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
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 is in the inspection details above.
Construction employee killed in fall down elevator shaft
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.450 Scaffolding - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260450 A10 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $150 | $150 | Nov 8, 1985 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.500 Fall Protection - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260500 F01 IV | Serious | 1 | 2 | $150 | $150 | Nov 12, 1985 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1926.25 Housekeeping OSHA citation code: 19260025 A | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Nov 14, 1985 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1926.350 Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19260350 A09 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 8, 1985 | - | - |
Nov 16, 1982#15945637Nov 16, 1982Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#15945637$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15945637
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 16, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 16, 1982
- Closed
- Nov 19, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 40
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4400 West Addison, Chicago, IL 60641
- 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.
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 incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
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.
4 inspections, 1982 to 1990. 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.