Establishment profile
APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY
1701 WEST WELLINGTON, CHICAGO, IL, 60657
Operated by Emerson Electric · 1 of 130 establishments
Summary
APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY has accumulated 50 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $5,460 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,453 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 32 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
40% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $4,600 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0141 G04 | 2 | 2 | — | May 1976 | Dec 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 B01 | 2 | 2 | — | May 1976 | Dec 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 N07 III | 1 | 1 | $900 | Sep 1993 | Sep 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 M12 II | 1 | 1 | $900 | Sep 1993 | Sep 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 IA | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B03 I | 1 | 1 | $290 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 D09 IV | 1 | 1 | $260 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 E01 | 1 | 1 | $220 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $220 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 011017 | 1 | 1 | $220 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G02 | 1 | 1 | $200 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $200 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I | 1 | 1 | $150 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B04 I | 1 | 1 | $140 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 D04 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 D05 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A02 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B08 I | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 H01 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0094 D09 VII | 1 | 1 | $100 | Feb 1978 | Feb 1978 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 76,453 employers. This establishment has 50 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 32+ years. Most recent activity: 32 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APPLETON ELECTRIC CO 1701 W. WELLINGTON AVE. · CHICAGO, IL, 60657 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Apr 1995 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-08-18 | Unprogrammed Related | 2 | 2 | $1,800 | |
| 1984-05-11 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-09-23 | Planned | 8 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-01-20 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-10-23 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-07-30 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-12-05 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-01-16 | Complaint | 38 | 26 | $3,660 | |
| 1977-04-25 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-03-04 | Complaint | 2 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY is one of 130 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Emerson Electric.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Emerson Electric across all 130 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Emerson Electric, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLCMARSHALLTOWN, IA — 2 federal enforcement records
- EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENTCHANHASSEN, MN — 2 federal enforcement records
- EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENTEDEN PRAIRIE, MN — 2 federal enforcement records
- EMERSON ELECTRIC COMENOMINEE, MI — 1 federal enforcement record
- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO INCPARAGOULD, AR — 1 federal enforcement record
- RIDGE TOOL CO DIV EMElyria, OH — 1 federal enforcement record
- RIDGE TOOL & DIE INCSPARTA, MI — 1 federal enforcement record
- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO-ELECTRO-AIHarrison, AR — 1 federal enforcement record
- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO DBA LEROY-SOMER NORTH AMERICALEXINGTON, TN — 1 federal enforcement record
- EMERSON ELECTRICST. LOUIS, MO — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Emerson Electric locationsParent rollup
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Emerson Electric, which operates 130 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
- APPLETON ELECTRIC COMPANY has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 50 violations and $5,460 in total penalties.