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John Chefas: OSHA inspections and violations

Grassy Creek, North Carolina · Nursery and Tree Production · NAICS 111421

2inspections
4citation items
$3,187current penalties
Nov 20, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected John Chefas 2 times in North Carolina since 2000.

The latest one began on Nov 20, 2018 on a referral, in Grassy Creek.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,750 and now stand at $3,187, 45% lower after settlements or reviews.

Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1928.57.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and John Chefas averages $3,087 (1 cited inspection).

John Chefas: OSHA citation items per year, 2000 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343635363 OPENED NOV 20, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 52 employees at the site · Closed Mar 11, 2020

15537 Old Hwy 16, Grassy Creek, NC 28631 · Nursery and Tree Production · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1928.57(c)(2)(i) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
 Serious$3,500$2,275May 20, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1928.57(c)(2)(ii) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
 Serious$1,250$812May 20, 2019Final

Inspection 303825723 OPENED JUL 18, 2000Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Apr 23, 2001

Hwy 16, Grassy Creek, NC 28631 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1928.110(c)(1)(iii) · Field sanitation
 Serious$600$0Sep 29, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1928.110(c)(2) · Field sanitation
 Serious$400$100Sep 29, 2000Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1928.110 · Field sanitation

29 CFR 1928.110(c)(1)(iii)

(iii) The water shall be dispensed in single-use drinking cups or by fountains. The use of common drinking cups or dippers is prohibited.

29 CFR 1928.110(c)(2)

(c) Requirements. Agricultural employers shall provide the following for employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field, without cost to the employee:

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

29 CFR 1928.57(c)(2)(i)

(2) Other power transmission components. (i) The mesh or nip-points of all power driven gears, belts, chains, sheaves, pulleys, sprockets, and idlers shall be guarded.

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