JIM FALLS, WI —
OSHA Inspection: ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC. in 14193 COUNTY RD S, JIM FALLS, WI 54748 (NAICS 311513). OSHA activity number 347120966.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC.
- Site address
- 14193 COUNTY RD S
- City
- JIM FALLS
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54748
- Mailing
- PO BOX 8, JIM FALLS, WI 54748
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- 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
- 311513
- Employees
- 140
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.29 B13 I
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- Jan 12, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $10,436 · Current $7,305 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.29(b)(13)(i): The guardrail system opening used around holes that serve as points of access (such as ladderways), did not have a self-closing gate that slides or swings away from the hole and was equipped with a top rail and midrail or equivalent intermediate member that met the requirements in paragraph (b) of this section: (a) Cheese department; The employer failed to provide a self-closing gate at the ladder access point of the intake valve walking working surface platform.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7305.2
- — Z (S) $10436
1910.146 D01
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- Jan 12, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $10,436 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(1): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not implement the measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry: (a) Cheese department; The employer did not take the measures necessary to prevent employees from breaking the plane of the vacuum chambers during normal production operations.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $10436
1910.146 G01
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- Jan 12, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146: (a) Cheese department; The employer did not provide confined space training to an employee who entered the vacuum chamber(s) during normal production operations.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- May 1, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $15,625 · Current $10,938 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: (a) Cheese department; The table agitator 1 through 7 stir and travel lockout procedure was not used while employees performed servicing activities such as but not limited to inserting or removing the curd forks from the agitator.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $10937.5
- — I (S) $10937.5
- — Z (S) $15625
1910.147 D03
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- May 1, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s): (a) Cheese department; Energy isolating device(s) were not operated in such a manner as to isolate energy source(s) prior to performing servicing activities such as but not limited to inserting or removing the curd forks from the agitator.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $0
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 D04 I
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- May 1, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees: (a) Cheese department; Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to the energy isolation device(s) by authorized employee(s) prior to performing servicing activities such as but not limited to inserting or removing the curd forks from the agitator.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $0
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2023
- Abate by
- May 1, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $15,625 · Current $10,938 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: (a) Cheese department; A Brenton/Orion/Currie Pro Mach End of Line 640 Wrapper (Serial #M21083) was not adequately guarded to protect employees from rotational caught in/struck by hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $10937.5
- — I (S) $10937.5
- — Z (S) $15625
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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 347120966.
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