Mfa Agri Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 2, 2021: Employee is burned in anhydrous ammonia release

At 11:00 a.m. on December 2, 2021, an employee was filling nurse tank with stabilizer after it had been filled with anhydrous ammonia when the nurse tank became over-pressurized causing the relief valve to activate. The employee was splashed with ammonia and received chemical burns to her right eye, face, neck, and arm requiring hospitalization for treatment.

Incident on Aug 16, 2018: Employee's pelvis is fractured when struck by truck

At 4:15 p.m. on August 16, 2018, Employee #1 was going to run an errand. He ran to the passenger side of the truck to retrieve his phone. He was struck by both sets of rear passenger side wheels of the truck and sustained a torn rectum and fractured pelvis. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Incident on Nov 5, 2010 (fatal): Employee falls from platform on elevated forklift and dies

At 3:25 p.m. on November 5, 2010, three employees of MFA Agri Services (a grain and feed mill operation) were repairing a side discharge chute in the truck load ing area at the base of a silo. The side discharge chute had been damaged by a t ruck the previous day. Employee #1, the forklift operator, used a Daewoo G25-S f orklift with a common wooden pallet (3.5 feet by 4 feet) on the forks to elevate the other two employees to a height of 6.5 feet to accomplish the repair. One o f those elevated, Employee #2, a feed mill operator, asked the forklift operator to retrieve a bolt from their shop. The forklift operator set the parking brake , placed the truck in park, turned off the ignition key and left the area to ret rieve the bolt. While he was gone, the other elevated worker, Employee #3, a gra in elevator operator, stepped backwards off the pallet, fell 6.5 feet to the con crete floor, and sustained a skull fracture. He was transported to the hospital where he passed away from his injuries at 6:45 p.m. on November 7, 2010.

Incident on Nov 5, 2010 (fatal): Employee is pinned between truck and railcar, later dies

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on November 5, 2010, Employee #1 was working for an a gricultural feed provider in St. Joseph, MO. Employee #1 was standing outside, n ear an anhydrous ammonia nurse tank and trailer, and was waiting to assist a cus tomer in attaching the trailer to his 0.75-ton pickup truck. The customer was in his truck, which "spun out", while in reverse. When the truck traveled backward rapidly, it struck the ammonia tank and Employee #1. Employee #1 was seen cling ing to the tail gate of the truck, as it continued rapidly in reverse and struck a stationary rail car. Employee #1 was crushed when the rear of the rapidly mov ing truck struck the rail car and pinned him between the surfaces. He was taken to Heartland Medical Center in St Joseph, Missouri. At 6:35 a.m. on November 6, 2010, a Life Flight air medical transport service took Employee #1 to the Kansas University Medical Center. At 9:30 a.m. on November 6, 2010, Employee #1 died a s a result of his injuries. The St Joseph, Missouri police department considered the incident to be a traffic accident. Officers from the Traffic Unit responded and performed an investigation.