OSHA has inspected Crowder Gin 3 times in Missouri since 2003.
The latest one began on Oct 24, 2018 on a referral, in Sikeston.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 2 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,099 and now stand at $5,872, 27% lower after settlements or reviews.
Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1928.57.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Crowder Gin averages $3,622 (1 cited inspection).
Crowder Gin also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 343556221 OPENED OCT 24, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jan 9, 2019
17 County Highway 467, Sikeston, MO 63801 · Cotton Ginning · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 22, 2018: Employee fractures pelvis when struck by cotton gin press
At 9:00 a.m. on October 22, 2018, Employee #1 was removing a full sample bag from table next to the press. As he removed the bag, he stepped into the path of the press rotation and was struck. The employee sustained a pubic bone fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,174 | $3,622 | Dec 4, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Sikeston site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 6 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
