SMITHTON, MO —
OSHA Inspection: VITAL FARMS
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of VITAL FARMS in 30911 HWY HH, SMITHTON, MO 65350 (NAICS 112340). OSHA activity number 342196359.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- VITAL FARMS
- Site address
- 30911 HWY HH
- City
- SMITHTON
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 65350
- Mailing
- 30911 HWY HH, SMITHTON, MO 65350
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 112340
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2017
- Abate by
- Sep 20, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $8,873 · Current $8,873
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 energizing, 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: Employees were exposed to amputation, crushing and struck-by hazards. The employer had not developed machine specific lock out procedures for isolating potential energy of equipment and provided no training to, or periodic reviews of authorized employees. Equipment included but was not limited to the Staalkat Optigrader 600.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $8873
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2017
- Abate by
- Sep 20, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070
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: Employees were exposed to caught-in and struck-by hazards. Employees in the production area were exposed to rotating parts of an unguarded roller assembly on the underside of a material conveyor. This equipment was known to the company as the STAALKAT OPTIGRADER 600, which was positioned less than 7 feet from the walking and working surface.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $5070
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342196359.
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