Dalhart, Texas · Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424590
2inspections
2citation items
$1,314current penalties
Jun 5, 2021last inspection
CSS Farms LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2020.
OSHA's last visit started on Jun 5, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Dalhart.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $2,190 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $1,314, down 40%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1928.57, guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins (2 items).
For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. CSS Farms LLC averages $1,314 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
CSS Farms LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jun 5, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed after being struck by conveyor or trailer
At 9:15 on June 5, 2021, an employee was working alone in the process of loading a conveyor onto a flatbed trailer being pulled by a truck. A coworker drove by the site and observed the employee working prior to the incident. The employee struck a hard edged surface (the conveyor or trailer edge) when the conveyor fell off of the trailer causing blunt force trauma and was killed.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344871645 OPENED AUG 7, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Health · 85 employees at the site · Closed Mar 30, 2021
29 CFR 1928.57(b)(2)(ii) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
Other-than-serious
$1,095
$657
Jan 20, 2021
Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1928.57(d)(1)(ii) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
Other-than-serious
$1,095
$657
Jan 20, 2021
Final
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Dalhart site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 191 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
CSS Farms, LLC Dalhart, TX
Dalhart · 2025
191
6
0
3.1
4.4
CSS Farms - Dalhart
Dalhart · 2021
91
12
1
10.1
4.4
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.
Mar 3, 2024, Dalhart: Hospitalization · electrical burns any degree · hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
An employee was working on a potato piler. The employee's left hand came into contact with a live electrical line, and the employee suffered a third-degree burn.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Feb 12, 2020 to Sep 4, 2020
Dalhart
2
0
$0
$2,323
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1928.57 · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
29 CFR 1928.57(b)(2)(ii)
(ii) All revolving shafts, including projections such as bolts, keys, or set screws, shall be guarded, except smooth shaft ends protruding less than one-half the outside diameter of the shaft and its locking means.
29 CFR 1928.57(d)(1)(ii)
(ii) When guarded by railings, any hazardous component within 15 horizontal inches of the rail shall be completely enclosed. Railing height shall be approximately 42 inches off the floor, platform, or other working surface, with a midrail between the toprail and the working surface. Panels made of materials conforming to the requirements in Table D-1, or equivalent, may be substituted for midrails. Guardrails shall be strong enough to withstand at least 200 pounds force on the toprail.
Other other farm product raw material merchant wholesalers employers in Texas
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.
