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Menards, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Yankton, South Dakota · Home Centers · NAICS 444110

2inspections
1citation items
$0current penalties
Dec 19, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Menards, Inc. 2 times in South Dakota since 2016.

The latest one began on Dec 19, 2022 after a complaint, in Watertown.

Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

None of the citations carried a penalty.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Menards, Inc. averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

Menards, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Menards, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346397896 OPENED DEC 19, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 175 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2023

2100 Ninth Avenue South East, Watertown, SD 57201 · Home Centers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0May 19, 2023Final

Inspection 341437077 OPENED APR 25, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 137 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2016

3210 Broadway Ave., Yankton, SD 57078 · Home Centers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Watertown site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 141 workers: 2.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.5 for its industry. Those cases cost 21 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
"Watertown SD - 3097"
Watertown · 2025
141 212.14.5
"Yankton SD - 3292"
Yankton · 2025
106 333.84.5

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Feb 12, 2018, Yankton: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell resulting in a possible broken leg.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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.

Other home centers employers in South Dakota

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