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Cimpl Meats, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Yankton, South Dakota · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · NAICS 311611

1inspections
2citation items
$7,448current penalties
Jan 22, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Cimpl Meats, LLC once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Jan 22, 2016 on a referral, in Yankton.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,595 and now stand at $7,448, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Cimpl Meats, LLC averages $7,448 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Cimpl Meats, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341203230 OPENED JAN 22, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 240 employees at the site · Closed Jul 20, 2017

1000 Cattle Drive, Yankton, SD 57078 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$2,295$1,148Jun 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii) · Machine guarding
Serious$6,300$6,300Jun 16, 2016Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Jan 15, 2016, Yankton: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee amputated two fingers when his hand contacted a running vertical band saw while he attempted to remove the ribs from the spine of a cattle rib set.

Jun 8, 2015, Yankton: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)

An employee shot himself in the leg with a cattle knock gun, breaking his femur.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii)

(iii) Special handtools for placing and removing material shall be such as to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Such tools shall not be in lieu of other guarding required by this section, but can only be used to supplement protection provided.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

Other animal (except poultry) slaughtering employers in South Dakota

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