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Agrex, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Montgomery, Alabama · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

2inspections
2citation items
$8,500current penalties
Feb 1, 2022last inspection

Since 2018, OSHA inspectors have visited Agrex, Inc. in Alabama 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 1, 2022 on a referral, in Mobile.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $13,474; today they stand at $8,500, 37% less.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Agrex, Inc. averages $8,500 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Agrex, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345770747 OPENED FEB 1, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 140 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2022

Asd Blvd. 11th St. Peir D, Mobile, AL 36602 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 31, 2022: Employee breaks pelvis in fall through hole in catwalk

At 1:30 p.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee and a coworker were changing a fan motor on a platform. The workers had removed the old motor by lowering with a chain hoist through a 4 foot by 4 foot opening in a catwalk. After removing the old motor, they attached the chain and hoisted the new motor and were securing it in place. The coworker called the employee to look at the alignment of a series of pulleys to make sure it was correct. The employee stepped around the motor and stepped through the opening in the catwalk. By reflex, the employee grabbed onto the coworker, pulling him into the hole as well. Both employees fell approximately 12 feet to the platform below. The employee struck the old motor that had been removed. Both employees suffered broken bones, contusions and abrasions. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken pelvis.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$6,737$4,250Apr 1, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$6,737$4,250Apr 1, 2022Final

Inspection 343570826 OPENED OCT 31, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Nov 5, 2018

300 State Dock Rd, Montgomery, AL 36104 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 31, 2022, Mobile: Hospitalization · fractures · pelvis

Three employees were changing a fan motor on a platform. The employees removed the old motor and lowered it through an opening in the catwalk/platform that was approximately 4' x 4' using a chain hoist. They then hoisted up the new motor and were securing it into place. Employee 2 called employee 1 to look at the alignment of a series of pulleys to make sure it was correct. When Employee 1…

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d)

(D) Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i)

(i) Each employee is protected from falling through any hole (including skylights) that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level by one or more of the following:

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.