Northside Elevator, Inc. OSHA Violations, Arcadia WI

OSHA has inspected Northside Elevator, Inc. once in Wisconsin.

The inspection began on Nov 15, 2022 after a complaint, in Arcadia.

That inspection ended with 8 citation items: 8 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,785 and now stand at $13,150, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Northside Elevator, Inc. averages $13,150 (1 cited inspection).

Northside Elevator, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Northside Elevator, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022 — Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346343031 OPENED NOV 15, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed May 16, 2023

622 Harvest Drive, Arcadia, WI 54612 · All Other Grain Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8) · Ladders in general industry	Serious	$8,539	$5,977	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.23(c)(8) · Ladders in general industry	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11) · Ladders in general industry	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements	Serious	$10,246	$7,172	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 2c 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 2d 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final
Citation 1, item 2e 29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4) · Rules for each type of scaffold	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 7, 2023	Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Arcadia site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 5 workers: 18.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.

Site and year	Workers	Cases	Days-away cases	Rate	Industry median
Northside Elevator Arcadia Arcadia · 2023	5	1	0	18.4	0.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8)

(8) Ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed;

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11)

(11) Portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface have side rails that extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface (see Figure D-1 of this section);

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(8)

(8) The cap (if equipped) and top step of a stepladder are not used as steps;

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

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.

Northside Elevator, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations