Nutrien Ltd has one OSHA inspection on record in Georgia.
OSHA opened it on Feb 2, 2021 on a referral, in Americus.
From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $21,553 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,248, down 25%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Nutrien Ltd averages $16,248 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Nutrien Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 345128193 OPENED FEB 2, 2021Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 47 employees at the site · Closed Feb 25, 2022
1011 Oak Avenue, Americus, GA 31709 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 25, 2021: Employee suffers amputation and hand injury on rotating drum
At 2:30 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured nitrogen-based fertilizer. He was inserting a chute into a mixing hopper to empty dry base material. The hopper was under the feed belt conveyor. To gain access, the employee was going through an opening on the side of the hopper. There was a rope hanging down on the side of the chute. It was used to hold the chute in place. The rope got caught in the rotating tail pulley drum on the conveyor belt. The tail pulley drum on the feed belt conveyor was not guarded. The narrative was not clear on this point, but possibly while trying the correct this issue, the employee suffered an amputation of some or all of the index finger on his right hand. His right hand was torn open as well. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $4,973 | $2,984 | Apr 8, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $8,290 | $8,290 | Apr 8, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Other-than-serious | $8,290 | $4,974 | Apr 8, 2021 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Americus site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 47 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.
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 25, 2021, Americus: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was trying to place a chute into a hopper under a conveyor through a side opening in the hopper. A rope, used to secure the chute in place under the upper conveyor, got caught in a conveyor drum at the bottom of the hopper. The employee was holding the rope in his hands at the time, and the conveyor pulled the rope and the employee's right hand down into the rotating drum. The hand…
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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