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PDM Distribution Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Ellsworth, Iowa · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920

2inspections
6citation items
$12,733current penalties
Sep 9, 2020last inspection

PDM Distribution Services has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Iowa, the first in 2005.

OSHA's last visit started on Sep 9, 2020 on a referral, in Boone.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $16,108 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,733, down 21%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. PDM Distribution Services averages $10,608 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

PDM Distribution Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

PDM Distribution Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2005 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344924006 OPENED SEP 9, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2021

2419 Industrial Park Road, Boone, IA 50036 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 4, 2020: Employee amputates thumb while cleaning auger

At 10:30 p.m. on September 4, 2020, an employee was cleaning product from around an auger. She stumbled and put her hand out to catch herself. Her hand went into the unguarded auger. The employee amputated her thumb to the first joint and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$10,608$10,608Dec 3, 2020Final

Inspection 308256957 OPENED JAN 10, 2005Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 2005

441 Dubuque Avenue, Ellsworth, IA 50075 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.38(f)(1) · Emergency action plans
 Serious$1,000$500Feb 1, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$750$375Feb 1, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(e)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,500$1,250Feb 1, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$1,250$0Feb 1, 2005Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2005Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Boone site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 83 workers: 8.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 20 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
PDM - PBP
Boone · 2024
83 748.12.1
PDM - PB3
Boone · 2024
51 9317.01.4
PBP
Boone · 2021
59 10716.32.1
PB3
Boone · 2021
24 000.03.0

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 1910.141 · Sanitation

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i)

(3) Housekeeping. (i) All places of employment shall be kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allows.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

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