OSHA has inspected Pine Valley Ranch LLC once in Ohio.
The inspection began on May 12, 2020 on a referral, in Spencerville.
That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,796 and now stand at $5,398, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Pine Valley Ranch LLC averages $5,398 (1 cited inspection).
Pine Valley Ranch LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
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Incident on May 9, 2020: Employee partially amputates fingers when reaches into airlo
At 4:00 p.m. on May 9, 2020, an employee was cleaning the washroom of the chicken egg processing facility. The employee rinsed out a tube and then removed the top to gain access to the lower portion, containing an airlock. The employee did not deenergize the airlock and, while it was rotating, she noticed a shell on the side of the tube and reached her hand in to get it out. Her fingers came in contact with the blade, resulting in partial finger amputations. The employer has no LOTO program, and the employee was unaware of the ramifications of placing her hand near the moving airlock. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the middle and ring fingers on the right hand. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Spencerville site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 67 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 27 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Pine Valley Ranch
Spencerville · 2025
67
1
1
1.2
3.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was cleaning around an airlock on a blower system when the employee's fingers were struck by the moving paddles, resulting in the amputation of the right middle and ring fingers to the first knuckle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)
(7) Training and communication. (i) The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:
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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.
