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Markit County Grain LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Alvarado, Minnesota · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424510

3inspections
8citation items
$1,435current penalties
Nov 1, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Markit County Grain LLC 3 times in Minnesota since 2013.

The latest one began on Nov 1, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Alvarado.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,050 and now stand at $1,435, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Ladders in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.23.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Markit County Grain LLC averages $718 (2 cited inspections).

Markit County Grain LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342748118 OPENED NOV 1, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 5 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 2018

43801 State Hwy 1 Nw, Alvarado, MN 56710 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$300$210Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$375$262Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$375$262Jan 16, 2018Final

Inspection 342748183 OPENED NOV 1, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed May 31, 2018

43801 State Hwy 1 Nw, Alvarado, MN 56710 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1)(v) · Ladders in general industry
 Serious$225$158Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
 Serious$225$158Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$225$158Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4 Serious$225$158Jan 16, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(2) · Ladders in general industry
 Other-than-serious$100$70Jan 16, 2018Final

Inspection 317285245 OPENED AUG 13, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Aug 26, 2013

36200 330th Street Nw, Argyle, MN 56713 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2)

(2) The CNP system defaults selected for test pressure shall be set at −15 mm of water (-0.58 inches of water) and the modeled inspiratory flow rate shall be 53.8 liters per minute for performing fit tests.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4)

(4) If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 5205.140

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