OSHA has inspected Black River Commodities, LLC 3 times in Arkansas since 2023.
The latest one began on May 16, 2024 on a referral, in Pocahontas.
Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 9 serious, 1 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $62,666 and still stand at $62,666.
Grain handling facilities comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.272.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Black River Commodities, LLC averages $20,889 (3 cited inspections).
Black River Commodities, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Pocahontas site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 30 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
May 6, 2024, Pocahontas: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · foot (feet) and toe(s)
An employee was cleaning a grain bin when his left foot was caught by the pull-off auger, resulting in the amputation of the foot.
Jun 18, 2021, Pocahontas: Hospitalization · fractures · foot (feet), unspecified
An employee was cleaning a screw conveyor with a shovel. He slipped into the auger, and the conveyor lacerated the arch of his right foot and broke some bones. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Feb 18, 2019, Pocahontas: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee unhooked a grain wagon from a pickup truck. The wagon began to roll, and the employee's right ring and middle fingers were caught between the concrete ground and a piece of wood being used to stop the wagon from rolling. The employee underwent a revision amputation.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
