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Fullerton Farmers Elevator: OSHA inspections and violations

Fullerton, North Dakota · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

5inspections
14citation items
$23,792current penalties
Feb 19, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Fullerton Farmers Elevator 5 times in North Dakota since 2011.

The latest one began on Feb 19, 2024 to monitor an earlier case, in Fullerton.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 13 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $34,860 and now stand at $23,792, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.

the General Duty Clause comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under Section 5(a)(1).

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Fullerton Farmers Elevator averages $3,766 (2 cited inspections).

Fullerton Farmers Elevator also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Fullerton Farmers Elevator: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347296923 OPENED FEB 19, 2024Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed May 14, 2024

202 Minneapolis Avenue, Fullerton, ND 58441 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 347030546 OPENED OCT 11, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 2024

202 Minneapolis Avenue, Fullerton, ND 58441 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$4,610$2,766Jan 24, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$4,610$2,766Jan 24, 2024Final

Inspection 341414647 OPENED APR 19, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Sep 6, 2016

202 Minneapolis Avenue, Fullerton, ND 58441 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$2,000$1,000Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$2,000$1,000Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.272(o)(1) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2)(i) · Hazardous (classified) locations
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final

Inspection 339536948 OPENED DEC 30, 2013Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jul 2, 2014

202 Minneapolis Avenue, Fullerton, ND 58441 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$2,200$1,550May 28, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii) · Grain handling facilities
Serious$3,080$2,200May 28, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(iii) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$6,160$4,350May 28, 2014Final

Inspection 315257113 OPENED MAR 3, 2011Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed May 6, 2011

202 Minneapolis Avenue, Fullerton, ND 58441 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 2, 2011: Employee is injured when caught between rail cars

On March 2, 2011, Employee #1, with Fullerton Farmers Elevator, was filling rail cars with corn. When he stepped between two railcars, he was struck by the railc ars' couplers. Employee #1 was hospitalized with an unspecified fracture.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$4,200$3,360Mar 25, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$3,000$2,400Mar 25, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(iii) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$3,000$2,400Mar 25, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 25, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 25, 2011Closed

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 Fullerton site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 24 workers: 7.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 59 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Fullerton Farmers Elevator
Fullerton · 2025
24 227.40.0

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.

Sep 20, 2023, Fullerton: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · foot (feet), unspecified

An employee was engaged in sweeping activities in a grain silo. The employee entered the bend of the grain silo and was caught by the sweeper, resulting in foot lacerations that required hospitalization.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(iii)

(iii) When testing for atmospheric hazards, test first for oxygen, then for combustible gases and vapors, and then for toxic gases and vapors.

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1)

(e) Permit system. (1) Before entry is authorized, the employer shall document the completion of measures required by paragraph (d)(3) of this section by preparing an entry permit.

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1)

(g) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training so that all employees whose work is regulated by this section acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this section.

29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.307 · Hazardous (classified) locations

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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