OSHA has inspected Mar-Jac Poultry 3 times in Mississippi since 2017.
The latest one began on Aug 19, 2024 after a complaint, in Hattiesburg.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $31,892 and now stand at $27,806, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,872, and Mar-Jac Poultry averages $13,903 (2 cited inspections).
Mar-Jac Poultry also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Mississippi · latest 90 days of OSHA records
15employers cited
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Incident on Aug 3, 2020: Employee falls off ladder and fractures wrist and tail bone
At 7:45 a.m. on August 3, 2020, an employee was repairing an actuating arm for a shoot trap door. The employee had placed his ladder on slick concrete and it slipped out from under him causing him to fall. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured wrist and tail bone and an injury to his back.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342540663 OPENED AUG 9, 2017Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,093 employees at the site · Closed Mar 1, 2018
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Hattiesburg site logged 45 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,305 workers: 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 531 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC - Processing Plant
Hattiesburg · 2020
1,305
45
12
3.2
3.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
An employee was cleaning the paw picker while holding the lid of the machine open. The lid fell onto the employee's hand resulting in a cut on the right index finger that became infected and required surgery.
Aug 3, 2020, Hattiesburg: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee working on an extension ladder fell off the ladder after the ladder slipped. The employee suffered a broken left wrist, broken tail bone, and damage to their back.
An employee was cleaning a conveyor in the evisceration area when their arm was caught by the roller. The employee sustained multiple lacerations to the left arm.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
(4) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are maintained in a fully charged and operable condition and kept in their designated places at all times except during use.
(c) Protection from falling objects. When an employee is exposed to falling objects, the employer must ensure that each employee wears head protection that meets the requirements of subpart I of this part. In addition, the employer must protect employees from falling objects by implementing one or more of the following:
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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.
