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Champlain Orchards, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Shoreham, Vermont · Apple Orchards · NAICS 111331

4inspections
11citation items
$15,142current penalties
Feb 19, 2025last inspection

Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Champlain Orchards, Inc. in Vermont 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 19, 2025 after a complaint, in Shoreham.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 6 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $28,794; today they stand at $15,142, 47% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.1053 (ladders in construction), 2 times.

Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Champlain Orchards, Inc. averages $7,571 across 2 cited inspections.

Champlain Orchards, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $93,762 in back wages owed to workers.

Champlain Orchards, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348051186 OPENED FEB 19, 2025Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jul 22, 2025

3597 Rte 74 West, Shoreham, VT 05770 · Apple Orchards · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(2) · Walking-working surfaces
Serious$4,256$2,766Jun 2, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.176(a) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$9,930$6,454Jun 2, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$0$0Jun 2, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(a) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$796$517Jun 2, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 2, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 2, 2025Final

Inspection 347650038 OPENED JUL 29, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Nov 19, 2024

3597 Rte 74 West, Shoreham, VT 05770 · Apple Orchards · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(2)(ii) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$8,067$2,533Nov 1, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
Unclassified$4,839$2,419Nov 1, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(17) · Ladders in construction
Serious$0$0Nov 1, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
Serious$0$0Nov 1, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.95(a) · Criteria for personal protective equipment
Other-than-serious$906$453Nov 1, 2024Final

Inspection 340109347 OPENED DEC 1, 2014Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · No inspection · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Feb 5, 2015

2995 Rte 74 West, Shoreham, VT 05770 · Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 305537631 OPENED SEP 21, 2004Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Oct 11, 2004

2955 Rt 74 West, Shoreham, VT 05770 · Apple Orchards · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Shoreham site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 61 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Champlain Orchards, Inc.
Shoreham · 2025
61 101.53.9
Champlain Orchards
Shoreham · 2018
55 7412.33.9
Champlain Orchards Inc
Shoreham · 2017
42 226.03.9

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Oct 19, 2022 to Apr 29, 2025
SHOREHAM
21177$93,762$57,030

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(a)

(a) Basic requirement. You must use OSHA 300, 300-A, and 301 forms, or equivalent forms, for recordable injuries and illnesses. The OSHA 300 form is called the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, the 300-A is the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and the OSHA 301 form is called the Injury and Illness Incident Report.

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 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.176(a)

(a) Use of mechanical equipment. Where mechanical handling equipment is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.95 · Criteria for personal protective equipment

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