BEST CROUTONS, LLC
4031 SOUTH RACINE, CHICAGO, IL 60609 · NAICS 311812 Commercial Bakeries
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Inspection records
Aug 31, 2017#342605557Aug 31, 2017Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#342605557$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342605557
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 31, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 31, 2017
- Closed
- Aug 31, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1140 S. Washtenaw, Chicago, IL 60608
- Industry
- 311812 Commercial Bakeries
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.
Apr 21, 2017#342271277Apr 21, 2017Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342271277$24,0007 viol.7 violations$24,000 in penalties
Inspection #342271277
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 21, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- May 12, 2017
- Final Order
- Jul 13, 2017
- Closed
- Sep 29, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $37,471
- Penalties on Record
- $24,000
- Site Address
- 1140 S. Washtenaw, Chicago, IL 60608
- Industry
- 311812 Commercial Bakeries
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.
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.
Employee's hand is fractured during sanitation of conveyor.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 B01 I | Serious | 1 | 10 | $7,605 | $4,605 | Aug 21, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 01002 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 I | Serious | 1 | 23 | $8,873 | $5,873 | Aug 21, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 01003 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D | Serious | 1 | 1 | $8,873 | $5,873 | Oct 2, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 01004 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 4 | 8 | $8,873 | $5,873 | Jul 31, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 02001 | 1904.32 Annual Summary OSHA citation code: 19040032 B06 | Other | 1 | 1 | $1,268 | $778 | Jul 19, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 02002 | 1904.40 Providing records to government representatives OSHA citation code: 19040040 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $1,268 | $778 | Jul 19, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 02003 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 G02 III | Other | 4 | 1 | $711 | $220 | Jul 31, 2017 | - | Jul 13, 2017 |
Mar 31, 2011#315156489Mar 31, 2011Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#315156489$2,4504 viol.4 violations$2,450 in penalties
Inspection #315156489
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 31, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 7, 2011
- Closed
- Jun 2, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 46
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,500
- Penalties on Record
- $2,450
- Site Address
- 4031 South Racine, Chicago, IL 60609
- Industry
- 311812 Commercial Bakeries
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C06 I | Serious | 1 | 3 | $3,500 | $2,450 | May 30, 2011 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 IB | Serious | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | May 30, 2011 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B02 II | Other | 2 | 4 | $0 | $0 | May 2, 2011 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | May 16, 2011 | - | - |
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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.
3 inspections, 2011 to 2017. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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Standards cited
Industry comparison
Food Manufacturing, 23,611 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: commercial bakeries reported 3.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 6.5%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source