HIAWATHA, KS ·
OSHA Inspection: FAIRVIEW MILLS LP
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of FAIRVIEW MILLS LP in 1501 IOWA STREET, HIAWATHA, KS 66434 (NAICS 311111). OSHA activity number 339070740.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- FAIRVIEW MILLS LP
- Site address
- 1501 IOWA STREET
- City
- HIAWATHA
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 66434
- Mailing
- PO BOX. 170, SENECA, KS 66538
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311111
- Employees
- 138
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.145 F05
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 18, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $4,725 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.145(f)(5): Danger tags were not used where an immediate hazard presented a threat of death or serious injury to employees: On or about, May 14, 2013, at 1501 Iowa, Street, Hiawatha, Kansas. The employer had not placed "Danger" signs near the receiving hopper ladder area to warn employees of immediate hazards when employees climb the ladder to look into the receiving hopper. Employees were exposed to caught-in hazards from the rotating lump buster (clump buster) blades.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4725
- · Z (S) $6300
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Oct 28, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $4,725 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative: On or about, May 14, 2013, at 1501 Iowa, Street, Hiawatha, Kansas, the employer had not established an energy control procedure for employees to use when employees were clearing the receivng hopper of wet and solid products. Employees were exposed to rotating blade caught-by hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4725
- · Z (S) $6300
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 18, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $4,725 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks: On or about, May 14, 2013, at 1501 Iowa, Street, Hiawatha, Kansas the receiving hopper on the clump buster was not guarded. Employee was exposed to caught-by hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4725
- · Z (S) $6300
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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 339070740.
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