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Bare Bones Farms: OSHA inspections and violations

Itta Bena, Mississippi · Soybean Farming · NAICS 111110

2inspections
11citation items
$63,102current penalties
Oct 3, 2023last inspection

Since 2022, OSHA inspectors have visited Bare Bones Farms in Mississippi 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 3, 2023 to follow up on an earlier case, in Greenwood.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 8 serious, 1 willful and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $90,182; today they stand at $63,102, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.272 (grain handling facilities), 7 times.

Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Bare Bones Farms averages $63,102 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $21,649 in back wages owed to workers.

Bare Bones Farms: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347019770 OPENED OCT 3, 2023Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 14 employees at the site · Closed Dec 15, 2023

605 Robert E. Lee, Greenwood, MS 38930 · Soybean Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346280969 OPENED OCT 13, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 13 employees at the site · Closed Nov 20, 2025

Cr 286, Itta Bena, MS 38941 · Soybean Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 13, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed when engulfed in grain

At 9:30 a.m. on October 13, 2022, an employee was standing on top of soybeans trying to unplug the conveyor using PVC pipe, when he became engulfed in the moving grain. The employee was killed due to asphyxiation.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,678$1,850Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$6,250$4,375Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$6,250$4,375Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$6,250$4,375Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(4) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$6,250$4,375Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2) · Grain handling facilities
Willful$62,504$43,752Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii) · Grain handling facilities
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 10, 2023Final
Citation 3, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3) · Grain handling facilities
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 10, 2023Final

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Mar 1, 2020 to Dec 4, 2022
Greenwood
117$21,649$23,722

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)

(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.

29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities

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