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JOHN CRANE, INC.

6400 W OAKTON, MORTON GROVE, IL, 60053
Operated by John Crane, Inc · 1 of 8 establishments
332710Machine Shops

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OSHA inspections
7
over 35 years
Violations
70
$36,630 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

JOHN CRANE, INC. has accumulated 70 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $36,630 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 635 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

JOHN CRANE, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
7
0.2 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
70
2.0 / yr
Penalties
$36,630
$523 avg / violation
76% serious24% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 7
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 7

71% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 24 citations in this view · $26,980 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I22$3,360Feb 1991Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0422$100Feb 1991Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II22Feb 1991Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 I21Feb 1991Feb 1991
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$2,500Mar 1999Mar 1999
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$2,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0146 D03 I11$2,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0146 K02 I11$2,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1001 K0111$1,500Jul 1999Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.1001 J03 V11$1,500May 1999May 1999
29 CFR 1910.0138 A11$1,500Mar 1999Mar 1999
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 III11$1,500Mar 1999Mar 1999
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0094 D09 V11$1,000Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1030 F02 I11$1,000Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$630Feb 1991Feb 1991
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$630Feb 1991Feb 1991
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811$630Feb 1991Feb 1991
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$630Feb 1991Feb 1991

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3327 within IL. Peer group: 635 employers. This establishment has 70 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,800
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.7

Reported for 44 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Complaint
3
Referral
3

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 JOHN CRANE, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
12 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 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 JOHN CRANE, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for JOHN CRANE, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for JOHN CRANE, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
1
Certified
1
Avg wage ratio
1.00x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
JOHN CRANE INC
6400 OAKTON ST · MORTON GROVE, IL, 60053
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 12
10May 2025View →

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 contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$3.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$16.6M
Awards
935
Top agency
Department of Defense
$12.7M
Company-wide — SMITHS GROUP PLC (across 56 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$428.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$3.0B
Awards (all-time)
10,979

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$12.7M
Department of Homeland Security$3.9M
Department of Veterans Affairs$815.01

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 339991 - GASKET, PACKING, AND SEALING DEVICE MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2026-02-19. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2014-02-25Planned0$0
1999-03-18Complaint54$3,150
1999-02-01Referral33$5,500
1998-04-24Referral0$0
1993-07-20Referral1813$16,100
1990-12-19Complaint4233$11,880
1990-12-19Complaint2$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

JOHN CRANE, INC. is one of 8 establishments rolled up under the parent organization John Crane, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of John Crane, Inc across all 8 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on JOHN CRANE, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 John Crane, Inc, which operates 8 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is JOHN CRANE, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
JOHN CRANE, INC. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 70 violations and $36,630 in total penalties.
How does JOHN CRANE, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
JOHN CRANE, INC. operates in the machine shops industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.7. JOHN CRANE, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.5.