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Mills County: OSHA inspections and violations

Glenwood, Iowa · Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined · NAICS 921140

1inspections
5citation items
$6,700current penalties
Apr 25, 2018last inspection

Mills County has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Apr 25, 2018 on a referral, in Glenwood.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $8,426 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,700, down 20%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all public administration employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $0. Mills County averages $6,700 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Mills County also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Mills County: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343113502 OPENED APR 25, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · Local government · 34 employees at the site · Closed Jan 4, 2019

401 Railroad Ave, Glenwood, IA 51534 · Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 16, 2018: Employee's finger is amputated by chain and sprocket.

At 11:30 A.M. on March 16, 2018, Employee#1 was standing on an extension ladder adjusting a Raynor Electric Door Control, Model Number RJ311, Serial Number 665578, garage door opener giving instructions to raise or lower the door to a coworker below. After making an adjustment, Employee #1 instructed the coworker on the ground to actuate the door. Employee #1 then inadvertently placed his left hand on or near an unguarded chain and sprocket drive on the side of the opener. When the coworker pushed the button to open or close the door, Employee #1's left ring finger was caught in the chain and sprocket and severed just below the cuticle.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$7,126$6,000Jun 29, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jun 29, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(1)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jun 29, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4) · General recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$650$350Jun 29, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$650$350Jun 29, 2018Final

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 Glenwood site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 34 workers: 11.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 51 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Mills County Engineer/Secondary Roads
Glenwood · 2025
34 4211.13.1

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 1904.7 · General recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4)

(4) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer? When an injury or illness involves restricted work or job transfer but does not involve death or days away from work, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log by placing a check mark in the space for job transfer or restriction and an entry of the number of restricted or transferred days in the restricted workdays column.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

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