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Garven LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Mendota Heights, Minnesota · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · NAICS 322222

2inspections
4citation items
$1,470current penalties
Oct 14, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Garven LLC 2 times in Minnesota since 2012.

The latest one began on Oct 14, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Minneapolis.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,650 and now stand at $1,470, 11% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Garven LLC averages $270 (1 cited inspection).

Garven LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348558347 OPENED OCT 14, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Dec 2, 2025

4530 77th St W Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55435 · Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$450$270Oct 29, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 29, 2025Final

Inspection 316278175 OPENED JAN 24, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Feb 21, 2012

1450 Northland Drive, Mendota Heights, MN 55120 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$450$450Feb 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$750$750Feb 6, 2012Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

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