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JR Simplot Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Hershey, Nebraska · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424910

1inspections
4citation items
$10,800current penalties
Feb 18, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected JR Simplot Company once in Nebraska.

The inspection began on Feb 18, 2015 as part of a related case, in Hershey.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,000 and now stand at $10,800, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and JR Simplot Company averages $10,800 (1 cited inspection).

JR Simplot Company also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

JR Simplot Company: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340407659 OPENED FEB 18, 2015Closed

Programmed related · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Sep 2, 2015

401 East Front Street, Hershey, NE 69143 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$7,000$4,200May 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,000$3,000May 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,000$3,000May 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log
 Other-than-serious$1,000$600May 29, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2022, the Hershey site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 17 workers: 5.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 22 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
SGS Retail - Hershey
Hershey · 2022
17 115.82.3
JR Simplot Company SGS Hershey
Hershey · 2016
22 000.02.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1)

(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4)

(4) Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe operation shall not be performed by the customer or user without manufacturers prior written approval. Capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags, or decals shall be changed accordingly.

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)

(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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