WAHPETON, ND —
OSHA Inspection: MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE in 7525 RED RIVER ROAD, WAHPETON, ND 58075 (NAICS 311313). OSHA activity number 345212203.
What this inspection record means
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE
- Site address
- 7525 RED RIVER ROAD
- City
- WAHPETON
- State
- ND
- ZIP
- 58075
- Mailing
- 7525 RED RIVER ROAD, WAHPETON, ND 58075
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311313
- Employees
- 478
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
15 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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 in that employees were exposed to struck-by hazards: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to struck-by hazards where the explosion relief or venting door of the powdered sugar bag house detached, became a projectile, and struck the wall of the building on the third floor of the powdered sugar building at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.36 B01
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Apr 1, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $10,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.36(b)(1): At least two exits routes were not available to permit prompt evacuation of employees during an emergency: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosions hazards while working on the second and third floors of the powdered sugar building, classified as Class II Div 2 locations, where only one set of stairs provides egress at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $10000
- — Z (S) $0
1910.36 E02
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 15, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.36(e)(2): The door that connects any room to an exit route did not swing out in the direction of exit travel when the room is a high hazard area: (a) On or about March 22, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosions hazards while cleaning in the powdered sugar mill room, a Class II Div 1 area, where the door swings into the room at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 15, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $10,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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 in that employees were exposed to fire and explosion hazards: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosions hazards where the wall between a Class II Div 2 and a Class II Div 1 area had openings where pipes and ducts penetrated the wall in the powdered sugar building at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $10000
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.132 A
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Nov 15, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosion hazards where fire retardant clothing was not provided or required to be used in hazard classified areas at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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 in that employees were exposed to fire and explosion hazards: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosions hazards where blades in the Prater Industries, Inc mill used for powdered sugar were not replaced as a set or weighted for balance when blades were replaced, as recommended in the manufacturer's guidance, and resulted in a flash fire occurring in the powdered sugar building at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.147 C04 II B
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to amputation hazards where the lockout/tagout procedure for the Prater Industries, Inc. powdered sugar mill did not address potential stored capacitor energy at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 C06 II
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $10,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii): The employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees performing maintenance work on machinery and equipment where the lockout/tagout procedures have not evaluated annually at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $10000
- — Z (S) $0
1910.151 A
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.151(a): Medical personnel were not readily available for advice and consultation on matters of plant health: (a) On or about March 15, 2021, for employees who received burns that were taken to the local clinic for a drug test before being taken to the emergency room for treatment of the burns at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.178 M11
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $10,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(11): Approved industrial trucks were not used in hazardous locations: (a) On or about May 6, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to fire and explosions hazards where LP forklifts were operated in a Class II, Div 2 locations in the powdered sugar building and sugar loading building at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $10000
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.307 C
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location: (a) On or about July 1, 2021, and at times prior, for the employee exposed to fire and explosion hazards operating a Milwaukee portable power tool for maintenance activities in a Class II Div 1 location above sugar silo #2 at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Oct 4, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $10,728 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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 in that employees were exposed to caught-in hazards: (a) On or about July 1, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to caught-in hazards where the conveyors above and below the sugar silos did not have safety pull cords at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $10728
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Feb 1, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $10,000
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: (a) On or about June 24, 2021, and at times prior, for the employee exposed to burn and pinch-point hazards while operating the Putsch, PKF 100 NG, MDS presses where the safety door has been removed from the machine at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota. (b) On or about May 27, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed caught-in hazards while making adjustments on the centrifugals where the rotating brake was not guarded at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $10000
- — Z (S) $0
1910.219 C02 I
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Nov 15, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting: (a) On or about March 23, 2021, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to caught-in hazards while working by the starch hopper in the powdered sugar building where the shaft and auger inside the hopper are operating at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota. (b) On or about June 24, 2021, and at times prior, for the employee exposed to caught-in hazards while monitoring the coal dust collector located beside a fast rotating shaft at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: (a) On or about April 29, 2021, and at times prior to that date for employees wearing N95, half-face, and full face respirators with potential overexposure to multiple different contaminants, including but not limited to; sugar dust, coal dust, pellet dust, and SO2, while working at 7525 Red River Road in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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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 345212203.
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