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Cornerstone AG: OSHA inspections and violations

Colby, Kansas · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

2inspections
5citation items
$2,625current penalties
Dec 10, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Cornerstone AG 2 times in Kansas since 2009.

The latest one began on Dec 10, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Colby.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,250 and now stand at $2,625, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Cornerstone AG averages $2,400 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Cornerstone AG: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341113975 OPENED DEC 10, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 9 employees at the site · Closed Feb 17, 2016

2148 County Road Q, Colby, KS 67701 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(a)(2) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$1,600$800Jan 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$2,000$1,000Jan 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$1,200$600Jan 25, 2016Final

Inspection 312797954 OPENED FEB 26, 2009Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Apr 9, 2009

2148 County Rd Q, Colby, KS 67701 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$225$112Mar 20, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$225$112Mar 20, 2009Closed

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.

Feb 20, 2015, Colby: Hospitalization · fractures · foot (feet), unspecified

Employee was lifting a five gallon bucket up through a manhole, then stepped back, and tripped backwards off of a 12 inch to 18 inch concrete slab he was standing on. Employee broke his foot and was hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

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

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

Other grain and field bean merchant wholesalers employers in Kansas

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