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Hoskin Elevator: OSHA inspections and violations

Bloomfield, Iowa · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

1inspections
9citation items
$2,625current penalties
Sep 1, 2017last inspection

Hoskin Elevator has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Sep 1, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Bloomfield.

From that inspection OSHA issued 9 citation items: 9 serious.

OSHA proposed $5,250 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,625, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.305, electrical wiring methods (4 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Hoskin Elevator averages $2,625 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Hoskin Elevator: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342616349 OPENED SEP 1, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Mar 23, 2018

29067 Juiper Ave., Bloomfield, IA 52537 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,500$750Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$1,500$750Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(iv) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2e
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(v) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$750$375Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$750$375Oct 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1) · Grain handling facilities
 Serious$750$375Oct 12, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

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 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i)

(i) The employer shall issue a permit for entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's representative (who would otherwise authorize the permit) is present during the entire operation. The permit shall certify that the precautions contained in this paragraph (§ 1910.272(g)) have been implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks. The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other grain and field bean merchant wholesalers employers in Iowa

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