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Bitter Root Brewing: OSHA inspections and violations

Hamilton, Montana · Breweries · NAICS 312120

2inspections
4citation items
$3,667current penalties
Oct 28, 2021last inspection

Bitter Root Brewing has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Montana, the first in 2021.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 28, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Hamilton.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $7,334 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,667, down 50%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Bitter Root Brewing averages $1,834 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Bitter Root Brewing: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345611446 OPENED OCT 28, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2022

101 Marcus Street, Hamilton, MT 59840 · Breweries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(iv) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$3,143$1,572Mar 1, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,191$2,096Mar 1, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 1, 2022Final

Inspection 345611479 OPENED OCT 28, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 44 employees at the site · Closed Mar 7, 2022

101 Marcus Street, Hamilton, MT 59840 · Breweries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 1, 2022Final

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)(2)(i)

(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(iv)

(iv) Each employee is protected from falling into a ladderway floor hole or ladderway platform hole by a guardrail system and toeboards erected on all exposed sides, except at the entrance to the hole, where a self-closing gate or an offset must be used.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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