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Bell Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing · NAICS 322212

3inspections
12citation items
$33,754current penalties
Nov 29, 2022last inspection

Bell Incorporated has 3 OSHA inspections on record in South Dakota, the first in 2001.

OSHA's last visit started on Nov 29, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sioux Falls.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 12 citation items: 5 serious and 7 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $44,763 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $33,754, down 25%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (4 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Bell Incorporated averages $33,192 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bell Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Bell Incorporated: OSHA citation items per year, 2001 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346367279 OPENED NOV 29, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Aug 3, 2023

609 West Algonquin Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 29, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed while lubricating machine rollers

At 2:15 p.m. on November 29, 2022, an employee was lubricating conveyor rollers with WD-40 in an energized robotic cell referred to as the iPal palletizer machine. There were no other similar machines in the facility. The employee was between the robot arm and south side of the conveyor when he unknowingly activated the photo eye located at the roller plane which senses when pallets are ready to be picked up. The motion of moving the can of WD-40 over the conveyor area satisfied the photo eye which then sent the robot arm into motion, striking the employee in the back of the head, neck, and shoulder area pushing him down into the conveyor and piercing his neck, skull, and right hand. The robot arm stopped moving likely because the servos that moved the robot arm limited out due to sensing friction. The employee died due to crushing and piercing injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$15,625$14,000May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$15,625$10,000May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$5,692$5,692May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$0$0May 12, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Other-than-serious$6,696$3,500May 12, 2023Final

Inspection 315002014 OPENED DEC 8, 2010Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 185 employees at the site · Closed Dec 13, 2010

1411 Avenue D, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 304202567 OPENED DEC 13, 2001Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 138 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 2002

1411 D Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,125$562Mar 4, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 2002Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2022, the Sioux Falls site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 176 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
609 W Algonquin
Sioux Falls · 2022
176 211.12.1
1411 D Ave
Sioux Falls · 2022
123 110.82.1
Bell Incorporated
Sioux Falls · 2019
218 321.32.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)

(h) Post-mortem data: Increased incidence and/or severity of post-mortem findings may be indicative of maternal toxicity. This can include gross or microscopic pathological findings or organ weight data, including absolute organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio. When supported by findings of adverse histopathological effects in the affected organ(s), the observation of a significant change in the average weight of suspected target organ(s) of treated dams (mothers), compared to those in the control group, may be considered evidence of maternal toxicity.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

Other folding paperboard box manufacturing employers in South Dakota

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