Moore County Gin, LP has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2005.
OSHA's last visit started on Feb 13, 2018 on a referral, in Dumas.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $18,108 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,865, down 40%.
For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Moore County Gin, LP averages $10,865 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Moore County Gin, LP also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 7, 2018: Employee amputates arm while cleaning gin stand
At 11:30 p.m. on February 7, 2018, an employee was cleaning the gin stand and put his arm in the back of it when his coworker started it, amputating his arm. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Dumas site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 13 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Moore County Gin
Dumas · 2021
13
0
0
0.0
2.9
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 7, 2018, Dumas: Amputation · amputations · forearm(s)
An employee reached in behind the gin press to remove a knot that was causing the press to choke up and amputated the right forearm.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Oct 20, 2017 to Nov 30, 2017
Dumas
2
0
$0
$2,932
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1928.57 · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
29 CFR 1928.57(a)(6)(iii)
(iii) Stop engine, disconnect the power source, and wait for all machine movement to stop before servicing, adjusting, cleaning, or unclogging the equipment, except where the machine must be running to be properly serviced or maintained, in which case the employer shall instruct employees as to all steps and procedures which are necessary to safely service or maintain the equipment;
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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.
