RUSHFORD, MN ·
OSHA Inspection: FARMER'S COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of FARMER'S COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY in DONALD KJOS FARM, RUSHFORD, MN 55971 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 303885917.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- FARMER'S COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Site address
- DONALD KJOS FARM
- City
- RUSHFORD
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55971
- Mailing
- 308 ELM STREET, RUSHFORD, MN 55971
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (N)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 5153
- Employees
- 30
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
182065302
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2001
- Abate by
- Apr 9, 2001
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
General-duty citation text
Minn. Stat. 182.653 subd. 2: The employer did not furnish to each employee, conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards which caused or were likely to cause death or serious injury to employees: specifically: The employer failed to provide written safety procedures along with hazard recognition and training in safe procedures for entering a bunker system to do sampling. The employer did not provide sampling tools so as to place the employee several feet back from the face of the haylage pile. On 1/5/01, an employee was fatally injured upon entering a bunker system to do sampling on the Donald Kjos farmsite.
182065308
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2001
- Abate by
- Apr 9, 2001
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 303885917.
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