CLEARY PALLET SALES, INC.

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, CLEARY PALLET SALES, INC. — a manufacturing facility located at 32570 GENOA ROAD, GENOA, IL 60135 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 23 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $138,188.00. The inspection case was opened on 2018-02-02.

This facility represents one of the most severe enforcement actions in the OSHA SVEP database. Willful violations combined with penalties exceeding $100,000 indicate a pattern of deliberate non-compliance that poses an imminent danger to workers.

Industry Benchmark: The total penalty of $138,188.00 is more than 16.4× the national average of $8,414.32 for facilities in the Manufacturing sector (NAICS 321920). This sector encompasses 52,095 inspected facilities nationwide with aggregate penalties totaling $438.3M.

State Context: Within IL, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 88,899 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $3,496.90.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 23 citations spanning 9 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 11 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 2 repeat — A substantially similar violation was found during a previous inspection and the original citation has become a final order. 2 willful — The employer intentionally and knowingly committed the violation, demonstrating either an intentional disregard for the requirements of the OSH Act or plain indifference to employee safety and health.

Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning June 29, 2018 with the latest abatement deadline set for August 20, 2018. Of the 23 total citations, 0 (0%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $138,188.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $6,008.17 falls within the standard penalty range.

The enforcement record for Cleary Pallet Sales, Inc. reveals a profound systemic breakdown in fundamental industrial hygiene and mechanical safety protocols. The presence of Willful violations under 1910.1000 for air contaminants signifies a high-level legal culpability, indicating that management either possessed actual knowledge of hazardous exposure levels—likely wood dust or chemical particulates—and failed to remediate them, or exhibited plain indifference to worker health. This is compounded by Repeat violations regarding powered industrial trucks (1910.178), which demonstrates a failure of the facility’s safety culture to sustain corrective actions from prior interventions. For the workforce,