OSHA has inspected Friesens Inc 6 times in Minnesota since 1985.
The latest one began on Aug 13, 2018 after a complaint, in Detroit Lakes.
Those inspections ended with 23 citation items: 10 serious and 13 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $3,250 and now stand at $2,155, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Friesens Inc averages $720 (1 cited inspection).
Friesens Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Detroit Lakes site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 121 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.
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.
