POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. is a hardware manufacturing employer in CHICAGO, IL. Federal records show 4 OSHA inspections with 29 violations and $22,997 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 2, 2026.
POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.
1813 W. MONTROSE AVE., CHICAGO, IL, 60613
332510 — Top companies in Hardware Manufacturing
72 employees
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Inspection History
No inspection records found.
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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Industry context
Within the hardware manufacturing industry in IL, POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. ranks in the 98th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 46 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 93th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 80th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 2.9 for the hardware manufacturing sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 1.5. POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.87, which is above the industry average.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 8 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $22,997 in total penalties.
- How does POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. operates in the hardware manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.87 compared to an industry average of 1.5.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. of CHICAGO, IL from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 2 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 15 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 2, 2026.
This profile may be incomplete if POLAR HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC.operates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.