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CHS, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Roseland, Nebraska · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

8inspections
19citation items
$412,089current penalties
Sep 13, 2022last inspection

CHS, Inc. has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Nebraska, the first in 2011.

OSHA's last visit started on Sep 13, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Roseland.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 19 citation items: 15 serious, 1 willful and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $530,293 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $412,089, down 22%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.146, permit-required confined spaces (10 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. CHS, Inc. averages $400,014 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

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

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

CHS, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346218506 OPENED SEP 13, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jul 23, 2026

9309 South Lincoln Ave, Roseland, NE 68973 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 12, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed when engulfed in grain bin

At 5:00 p.m. on September 12, 2022, an employee was cleaning a grain bin when he entered the bin and became engulfed in the grain. The employee died due to asphyxiation.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(8) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(5) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 13
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(6) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 14
29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$15,625$15,625Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$156,259$40,630Mar 8, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2) · Grain handling facilities
 Willful$156,259$156,259Mar 8, 2023Final

Inspection 342410347 OPENED JUN 20, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 12,000 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2017

395 164th St, South Sioux City, NE 68776 · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 13, 2017: Employee amputates multiple fingertips and tip of his thumb

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on June 13, 2017, Employee #1 was inspecting a rotary feeder. He had thought an operator had locked out a rotary feeder to perform an inspection. Employee #1 then reached up the shaft feed and into a blender, which was not shut off. The rotating parts of the feeder caught and amputated three of his fingertips and the tip of his thumb. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment and was then hospitalized. hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340095728 OPENED NOV 19, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jun 30, 2015

602 Palmer St., Loomis, NE 68958 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$7,000Dec 3, 2014Final

Inspection 339514325 OPENED DEC 10, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Apr 9, 2014

305 3rd Street, Overton, NE 68863 · Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$4,250$2,975Mar 6, 2014Final

Inspection 339499147 OPENED NOV 19, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 19, 2013

603 W. 10th St., Alma, NE 68920 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 331916171 OPENED FEB 15, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Feb 4, 2013

100 S. Lincoln Ave., Roseland, NE 68973 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 331904250 OPENED JAN 25, 2012Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jan 25, 2012

2900 O St. Ste 202, Lincoln, NE 68510 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 316018639 OPENED DEC 15, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Aug 28, 2012

310 Logan Street, Holdrege, NE 68949 · Farm Product Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$3,400$2,100Mar 15, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(iv) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 15, 2012Closed

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 Holdrege site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 27 workers: 3.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 12 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Holdrege Main
Holdrege · 2025
27 113.80.0
Lincoln (GG)
Lincoln · 2025
22 000.00.0
Lincoln GG
Lincoln · 2024
23 000.00.0
Loomis Main
Loomis · 2018
16 000.00.0
South Sioux City (PFI)
South Sioux City · 2018
11 000.02.1

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jun 13, 2017, South Sioux City: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was inspecting a rotary feeder when his hand contacted the moving blender, amputating his thumb tip and his index, middle, and ring fingertips.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)

(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4)

(4) If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other grain and field bean merchant wholesalers employers in Nebraska

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