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Midland Commodities Group, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Buffalo Prairie, Illinois · Meat Markets · NAICS 445210

1inspections
4citation items
$12,355current penalties
Jan 16, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Midland Commodities Group, Inc. once in Illinois.

The inspection began on Jan 16, 2019 on a referral, in Buffalo Prairie.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $23,869 and now stand at $12,355, 48% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Midland Commodities Group, Inc. averages $12,355 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Midland Commodities Group, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343728168 OPENED JAN 16, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2021

18510 206th St West, Buffalo Prairie, IL 61237 · Meat Markets · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 9, 2019: Employee amputates right index finger in patty forming plate

At 11:50 a.m. on January 9, 2019, an employee was operating a beef patty machine that was used to make beef hamburger patties. The employee was wiping excess meat that had accumulated on the beef patty forming plate. The employee reached under the wire guard, where the patties were being ejected, and placed his fingers in the ring of the patty forming plate. The patty forming plate retracted back into the machine. The employee amputated his right index finger. The entry did not indicate whether the employee was hospitalized, however, it is likely that he was.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,282$5,575May 30, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$6,630$3,980May 30, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.4(a) · Recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$1,327$800May 30, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$6,630$2,000May 30, 2019Final

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.

Jan 9, 2019, Buffalo Prairie: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was operating the patty machine and was wiping off excess meat when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger between the first and second distal joints.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1904.4 · Recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.4(a)

(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

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