BELOIT, WI ·
OSHA Inspection: HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION in 3000 KENNEDY DRIVE, BELOIT, WI 53511 (NAICS 311422). OSHA activity number 330976929.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
- Site address
- 3000 KENNEDY DRIVE
- City
- BELOIT
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53511
- Mailing
- 3000 KENNEDY DRIVE, BELOIT, WI 53511
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311422
- Employees
- 285
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 14, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that caused or were likely to cause death or serious physical harm from fire and explosion: In the boiler room, the Atlas Copco air compressor separator element was not grounded in that no "grounding clips" or other compenents were provided in the installation to dissipate or dischard electrostatic energy where combustible oils were subject to ignition. AMONG TOEHR METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARDOUS CONDITION IS TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ATLAS COPCO (MANUFACTUER). BY INSTALLING GROUNDED EQUIPMENT AND ASSESSING GROUNDS OF THE INSTALLED EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO OPERATION.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
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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 330976929.
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