BAXTER SPRINGS, KS ·
OSHA Inspection: FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC. in 1865 W. 5TH ST., BAXTER SPRINGS, KS 66713 (NAICS 424510). OSHA activity number 344586698.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC.
- Site address
- 1865 W. 5TH ST.
- City
- BAXTER SPRINGS
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 66713
- Mailing
- P O BOX 80, COLUMBUS, KS 66725
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- 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
- 424510
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C07
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2020
- Abate by
- May 1, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $6,747 · Current $3,711 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7): If the permit space poses no actual or potential atmospheric hazards and if all hazards within the space are eliminated without entry into the space, the permit space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space for as long as the non-atmospheric hazards remain eliminated. Employee(s) were exposed to struck-by and engulfment hazards. At the facility located at 1865 W. 5th St. in Baxter Springs, Kansas, an employee was exposed to asphyxia and crushing hazards by engulfment. The employee entered a hopper trailer to dislodge product from a blocked discharge shoot without the employer considering the requirements of confined space entry or reclassifying the space as a non-permit confined space.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3710.85
- · Z (S) $6747
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2020
- Abate by
- May 1, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $6,747 · Current $3,711 Reduced
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. Employee(s) were exposed to struck-by and engulfment hazards. At the facility located at 1865 W. 5th St. in Baxter Springs, Kansas, an employee was exposed to asphyxia and crushing hazards by grain engulfment. The employee entered a hopper trailer to dislodge product, corn gluten pellets, from a blocked discharge shoot. The employee was walking on top of the product to make it flow.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3710.85
- · Z (S) $6747
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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 344586698.
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