Inspection 347579237 OPENED JUN 26, 2024Closed
Corner Of Enterprise Rd. & Ga 91, Colquitt, GA 39837 · Farm Product Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Cedar Head, LLC 2 times in Georgia since 2023.
The latest one began on Jun 26, 2024 to follow up on an earlier case, in Colquitt.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 8 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $37,954 and now stand at $26,562, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Grain handling facilities comes up most often in these citations: 8 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 Cedar Head, LLC averages $26,562 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
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Inspection 346634124 OPENED APR 14, 2023Closed
715 Enterprise Road, Colquitt, GA 39837 · Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 11, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when engulfed by corn
At 11:00 a.m. on April 11, 2023, an employee was attempting to break apart grain clumps inside a grain bin elevator. The employee was engulfed by corn and suffocated to death.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iv) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $11,162 | $11,162 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 8 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(4) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 9 29 CFR 1910.272(g)(5) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries |
Other-than-serious | $3,349 | $1,925 | Aug 30, 2023 | Final |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)
(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.
29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities
29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2)
(2) Employees assigned special tasks, such as bin entry and handling of flammable or toxic substances, shall be provided training to perform these tasks safely.
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i)
(i) The employer shall issue a permit for entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's representative (who would otherwise authorize the permit) is present during the entire operation. The permit shall certify that the precautions contained in this paragraph (§ 1910.272(g)) have been implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks. The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.
Other postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) employers in Georgia
- Southeastern Gin, Inc. Surrency · 5 citations · $4,240
- Birdsong Corporation Sylvester · 69 citations · $203,876
- Trejo Labor Service, L.L.C. Lake Park · 1 citation · $0
- South Georgia Cotton Gin LLC Hazlehurst · 2 citations · $11,312
- Golden Eagle AG Labor Contracting, LLC Lake Park · 2 citations · $11,395
- S & S Warehouse, LLC Unadilla · 16 citations · $10,698
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.