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Circle J: OSHA inspections and violations

Williamsburg, Iowa · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

1inspections
3citation items
$2,100current penalties
Feb 6, 2018last inspection

Circle J has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Feb 6, 2018 on a referral, in Williamsburg.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $2,694 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,100, down 22%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.219, belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts (2 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,427. Circle J averages $2,100 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Circle J: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342929759 OPENED FEB 6, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Mar 19, 2018

304 E State St, Williamsburg, IA 52361 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 12, 2018: Employee pulls on belt to free roller and pinches finger wit

At 2:30 p.m. on January 12, 2018, an employee was grinding corn with a California Pellet Mill when a roller on the mill stopped turning. The employee stopped the machine and manually tried to turn the roller with the belt. The employee caught his right index finger in the pulley and pulled it through, pinching his finger by the belt and pulley. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$2,494$2,000Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(4) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$200$100Feb 19, 2018Final

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)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(4)

(4) Vertical belts. Vertical belts running over a lower pulley more than seven (7) feet above floor or platform shall be guarded at the bottom in the same manner as horizontal overhead belts, if conditions are as stated in paragraphs (e)(2)(ii) (a) and (c) of this section.

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