Osage, Iowa · Outdoor Power Equipment Stores · NAICS 444210
1inspections
4citation items
$8,136current penalties
Aug 24, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Kibble Equipment once in Iowa.
The inspection began on Aug 24, 2021 on a referral, in Osage.
That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,136 and still stand at $8,136.
Other portable tools and equipment comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.244.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Kibble Equipment averages $8,136 (1 cited inspection).
Kibble Equipment also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Iowa · latest 90 days of OSHA records
64employers cited
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Incident on Aug 19, 2021: Employee amputates lower leg under equipment when jack fails
At 8:45 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as a farm equipment mechanic for an equipment supplier was holding a wrench on a bolt/nut. The employee was assisting a coworker installing an axle extension on a new combine. The coworker was using a torque wrench on the bolt/nut when the air jack failed and the axle housing extension fell onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee sustained an amputation to his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Osage site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 19 workers: 13.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Kibble Equipment - Osage
Osage · 2025
19
2
0
13.1
1.4
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
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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.
