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Berger, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Watsonville, California · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · NAICS 325314

2inspections
15citation items
$44,960current penalties
Dec 4, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Berger, LLC. 2 times in California since 2018.

The latest one began on Dec 4, 2018 after an accident, in Watsonville.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 5 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $44,960 and still stand at $44,960.

comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 2340.12.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Berger, LLC. averages $22,480 (2 cited inspections).

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

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Inspection history

Inspection 343638250 OPENED DEC 4, 2018Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Jul 15, 2019

90 Pioneer Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 29, 2018: Employee fractures several ribs and lacerates face during fa

At 11:00 a.m. on November 29, 2018, an employee was removing a catwalk from a machine that was located in an agricultural soil manufacturing plant. The employee was standing on the catwalk as he made the final cut and fell when the platform dropped. The employee fractured several ribs, a facial laceration, and dental avulsion. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)(4)(B)
 Other-than-serious$410$410May 28, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3668(A)(1)
 Serious$4,950$4,950May 28, 2019Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 3650(L)
 Serious$12,600$12,600May 28, 2019Final

Inspection 343048450 OPENED MAR 28, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Oct 29, 2018

90 Pioneer Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076 · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 3328(G)
 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 3578(G)
 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 3650(T)(7)
 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 5162(C)
 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 6151(E)(2)
 Other-than-serious$750$750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3999(B)
 Serious$6,750$6,750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 4075(A)
 Serious$6,750$6,750Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 4353(A)(1)(A)
 Serious$6,750$6,750Sep 18, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 2340.12

29 CFR 2340.22

29 CFR 2340.24

Other fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing employers in California

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