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Jacob Fehr: OSHA inspections and violations

Farwell, Texas · Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine · NAICS 115113

2inspections
2citation items
$6,652current penalties
Sep 1, 2022last inspection

Since 2017, OSHA inspectors have visited Jacob Fehr in Texas 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Sep 1, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Lubbock.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $6,652 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Jacob Fehr averages $6,652 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Jacob Fehr: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346191877 OPENED SEP 1, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Nov 7, 2022

6602 Xenia Ave, Lubbock, TX 79407 · Industrial Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342784113 OPENED NOV 17, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 16, 2020

1188 Cr Bb 34.3575, -102.8362, Farwell, TX 79325 · Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 15, 2017 (fatal): Employee suffocates in cotton module

At 10:00 p.m. on November 15, 2017, an employee was lying inside the module cotton builder. While all the other workers were helping to put out a fire, the employee decided to take a rest in the module builder. When work resumed, more cotton was added to the module builder where the employee was resting and trapped him in the cotton. The employee was suffocated in the cotton.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6)(iv) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
Serious$3,880$3,880Mar 8, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$2,772$2,772Mar 8, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1928.57 · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins

29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6)(iv)

(iv) Make sure everyone is clear of machinery before starting the engine, engaging power, or operating the machine;

Other crop harvesting, primarily by machine employers in Texas

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