Open Range Beef has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Nebraska, the first in 2015.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 30, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Gordon.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.
OSHA proposed $16,921 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,400, down 39%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.95, noise (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Open Range Beef averages $5,200 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Open Range Beef also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 31, 2017: Employee partially amputates thumb while cutting meat by ban
At 1:15 p.m. on July 31, 2017, an employee was removing bone from rib eye steaks using a band saw. The employees hand slipped and slid into the saw blade, partially amputating his thumb. The employee as not hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Gordon site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 84 workers: 14.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Meat Packing PLant
Gordon · 2023
84
11
0
14.5
3.7
Open Range Beef
Gordon · 2019
98
18
1
17.9
3.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
An employee was cleaning a floor when a dropped knife fell from above, point down, and struck him on the left arm. He suffered a laceration and a severed artery.
(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.
(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
(c) Hearing conservation program. (1) The employer shall administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment.
Other animal (except poultry) slaughtering employers in Nebraska
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.
