Payless Concrete: OSHA Violations and Fines, Savannah MO

OSHA has inspected Payless Concrete 2 times in Missouri since 2004.

The latest one began on May 15, 2026 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Saint Joseph.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,767 and still stand at $12,767.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Payless Concrete averages $12,767 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Payless Concrete: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2026 — Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348945304 OPENED MAY 15, 2026Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Oct 23, 2026

700 Atchison Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iv) · Electrical equipment, general requirements	Serious	$4,965	$4,965	Sep 22, 2026	Final
Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods	Serious	$0	$0	Sep 22, 2026	Final
Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods	Serious	$0	$0	Sep 22, 2026	Final
Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(viii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements	Serious	$4,965	$4,965	Sep 22, 2026	Final
Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication	Serious	$2,837	$2,837	Sep 22, 2026	Final

Inspection 306707217 OPENED JUL 14, 2004Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jul 21, 2005

13484 County Road 354, Savannah, MO 64485 · Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 14, 2004 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted when conveyor contacts power line

On July 14, 2004, Employee #1 was driving a 1987 Ford concrete mixer equipped wi th a Theam 39-foot belt conveyor. After delivering a full load of concrete, Empl oyee #1 backed down a one-lane gravel country road and stopped to wash the rear chute and conveyor with a spray hose and onboard water. Using a radio remote con trol, he then started to fold the conveyor to its stored position, along the top of the truck. As he did so, the conveyor contacted a 7,200-volt primary distrib ution line that crossed over the road at an angle. The back of Employee #1's hea d contacted the edge of the chute on the rear of the truck, completing a circuit with the ground. Employee #1 was killed at that location.

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jan 3, 2005	Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iv)

(iv) Electrical insulation;

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(viii)

(viii) Other factors that contribute to the practical safeguarding of persons using or likely to come in contact with the equipment.

Payless Concrete: OSHA inspections and violations