OSHA has inspected Gem State Processing, LLC 3 times in Idaho since 2012.
The latest one began on Jan 26, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Heyburn.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $32,539 and now stand at $30,626, 6% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Gem State Processing, LLC averages $14,357 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Gem State Processing, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 5 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 345750806 OPENED JAN 26, 2022Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 172 employees at the site · Closed Jun 30, 2022
951 Hwy 30, Heyburn, ID 83336 · Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 26, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall through catwalk
At 3:00 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee who worked as a Maintenance Mechanic for a food manufacturing company died from a 15-foot fall. The employee and a coworker (Night Shift Maintenance Lead) were installing a belt on a conveyor. The employee fell through a 15-foot high catwalk to the concrete ground below. The employee and coworker had previously removed a section of the metal catwalk grate so they could pull the new conveyor belt through the conveyor. The employee incurred head and torso fractures which killed him.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $14,357 | $14,357 | May 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $14,357 | $14,357 | May 13, 2022 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Heyburn site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 195 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 93 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 5 reports on file.
Apr 14, 2025, Heyburn: Hospitalization · traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified · lower leg(s)
An employee was driving a forklift to a shipping dock. While he was rounding a corner, a stack of totes fell, and the top of one of the totes struck the outside of his left calf. He was hospitalized.
Nov 9, 2023, Heyburn: Hospitalization · fractures · thoracic region
An employee was using a portable 8-foot ladder to perform work on a ricer auger under a cooker. He was removing auger bolts with an electric impact gun. The vibration from the bolt removal caused mash from the cooker to fall and burn his right forearm. He then fell from the ladder, landing on the ground 2 to 3 feet below and suffering two broken thoracic vertebrae.
Apr 18, 2022, Heyburn: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was working on a dehydrator circulation fan that was moving due to centrifugal force. The employee attempted to stop the fan with a wrench. His hand was forced into the framework resulting in a partial amputation to the right middle finger.
Oct 1, 2021, Heyburn: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was diagnosing a destoner pump to determine if it would spin freely. The tip of his right ring finger was caught between the belt and the sheave, and the fingertip was amputated.
Jan 11, 2016, Heyburn: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
While bagging product on the packing line, an employee attempted to remove debris from the bagger. The employee's thumb got caught in a roller, amputating the tip.
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.
