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Copper Spring Ranch, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Bozeman, Montana · Support Activities for Animal Production · NAICS 115210

1inspections
1citation items
$6,630current penalties
Jan 8, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Copper Spring Ranch, LLC once in Montana.

The inspection began on Jan 8, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Bozeman.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,630 and still stand at $6,630.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Copper Spring Ranch, LLC averages $6,630 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Copper Spring Ranch, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343702957 OPENED JAN 8, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 39 employees at the site · Closed Mar 15, 2019

601 South Pine Butte Road, Bozeman, MT 59718 · Support Activities for Animal Production · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 3, 2019 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed by a large hay bale

At 7:30 a.m. on January 3, 2019, an employee was loading large square bale containing 21 small bales onto the truck flatbed. The large hay bale fell onto the employee, and crushed the employee between the bale and truck flatbed. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to chest and he was killed. killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$6,630$6,630Mar 1, 2019Final

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.

Jul 15, 2019, Bozeman: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders

An employee was training a young colt when the horse reared up and the saddle horn was pushed into the employee's abdomen rupturing the employee's spleen.

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.

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.