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Lime Spring Beef LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Lime Springs, Iowa · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · NAICS 311611

2inspections
7citation items
$18,174current penalties
Feb 17, 2020last inspection

Since 2018, OSHA inspectors have visited Lime Spring Beef LLC in Iowa 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 17, 2020 after a complaint, in Lime Springs.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $34,869; today they stand at $18,174, 48% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.28 (fall protection in general industry), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,873 penalty. Lime Spring Beef LLC averages $9,087 across 2 cited inspections.

Lime Spring Beef LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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2 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 344637558 OPENED FEB 17, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 126 employees at the site · Closed Jan 21, 2021

4614 Us 63, Lime Springs, IA 52155 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(14)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$8,524$4,262Aug 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(14)(i)(b) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$0$0Aug 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$8,524$4,262Aug 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$6,819$3,410Aug 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$8,524$4,262Aug 11, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.32(b)(3) · Yearly injury summary
Other-than-serious$1,000$500Aug 11, 2020Final

Inspection 343369781 OPENED AUG 8, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 48 employees at the site · Closed Sep 24, 2018

4614 Us 63 P.o. Box 27, Lime Springs, IA 52155 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 18, 2018: Employee sustains injuries from a hide puller clamp

At 8:30 a.m. on May 18, an employee was injured while placing a cow hide into a hide pulling machine. The employee's hand was caught in a hide pulling machine clamp resulting in fractures and bruising to the right hand.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,478$1,478Aug 28, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.32 · Yearly injury summary

29 CFR 1904.32(b)(3)

(3) How do I certify the annual summary? A company executive must certify that he or she has examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she reasonably believes, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary is correct and complete.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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