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Cracon, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

West Jefferson, North Carolina · Nursery and Tree Production · NAICS 111421

1inspections
1citation items
$2,000current penalties
Dec 18, 2020last inspection

Cracon, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in North Carolina.

OSHA opened it on Dec 18, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in West Jefferson.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $2,000 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Cracon, Inc. averages $2,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

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

Cracon, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345074454 OPENED DEC 18, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 73 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2021

954 Nc Highway 194 N, West Jefferson, NC 28694 · Nursery and Tree Production · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 25, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

An employee was a migrant worker in a nursery when he contracted COVID-19 and subsequently died from his infection on December 10, 2020.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$2,000$2,000Apr 23, 2021Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the West Jefferson site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 45 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Cracon, Inc.
West Jefferson · 2023
45 000.03.8

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.

Other nursery and tree production employers in North Carolina

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