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Actagro, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Kerman, California · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · NAICS 325311

4inspections
10citation items
$19,900current penalties
Apr 12, 2018last inspection

Actagro, LLC has 4 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 2017.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 12, 2018 after a complaint, in Kerman.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 10 citation items: 2 serious and 8 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $19,900 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Actagro, LLC averages $9,950 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Actagro, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Actagro, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343089637 OPENED APR 12, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Oct 9, 2018

4516 N Howard Ave., Kerman, CA 93630 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 5144(F)(2)
Other-than-serious$450$450Sep 14, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 5162(A)
Serious$7,200$7,200Sep 14, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 5189(F)(1)
Serious$9,000$9,000Sep 14, 2018Final

Inspection 343075545 OPENED APR 6, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 150 employees at the site · Closed Oct 25, 2018

4516 N Howard Ave., Kerman, CA 93630 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 461(A)
Other-than-serious$400$400Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3273(A)
Other-than-serious$300$300Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3320
Other-than-serious$450$450Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 3395(I)
Other-than-serious$750$750Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 5144(C)(1)
Other-than-serious$750$750Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 5144(E)(1)
Other-than-serious$300$300Aug 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 5144(K)
Other-than-serious$300$300Aug 23, 2018Final

Inspection 342613098 OPENED AUG 23, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Feb 8, 2018

4516 N Howard Ave., Kerman, CA 93630 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342060431 OPENED JAN 20, 2017Closed

Accident · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jun 16, 2017

4516 N. Howard, Biola, CA 93606 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 11, 2017: Employee falls into tank of a reactor vessel and suffers bur

At 7:45 p.m. on January 11, 2017, an employee was on top of a reactor vessel to add a defoaming agent. The employee fell down and submerged from his waist down in a liquid mixture containing acetic acid, potassium hydroxide, and PM1500. The employee suffered second degree burns to his waist, buttocks, scrotum, knees, thighs, and feet. The employee was hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2018, the Kerman site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 50 workers: 11.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Biola, California
Kerman · 2018
50 6211.21.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

Other nitrogenous fertilizer manufacturing employers in California

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