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Mereen-Johnson, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Webster, South Dakota · Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333243

1inspections
2citation items
$6,297current penalties
Feb 28, 2024last inspection

Mereen-Johnson, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Feb 28, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Webster.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $9,680 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,297, down 35%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Mereen-Johnson, LLC averages $6,297 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Mereen-Johnson, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347309973 OPENED FEB 28, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 49 employees at the site · Closed Jul 8, 2024

10 Park Lane, Webster, SD 57274 · Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$9,680$6,297May 31, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0May 31, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)

(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

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.