Cape Girardeau, Missouri · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · NAICS 325314
Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited QC LLC in Missouri 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Dec 15, 2021 after a complaint, in Cape Girardeau.
In all, OSHA issued 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $12,198; today they stand at $6,772, 44% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. QC LLC averages $2,257 across 3 cited inspections.
QC LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company5566 Nash Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 11, 2022 | Final |
5422 Nash Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 14, 2020: Employee amputates two fingertips while unchoking dust colle
At 10:45 a.m. on January 14, 2020, two employees were working to unchoke a dust collector. The hopper below the dust collector was being hit to unchoke. One employee removed the super sack from the collar below the rotary valve and reached up into the point, where the rotary valve created a pinch point. The rotating part of the valve was unguarded. The employee amputated his middle and pointer finger fingertips and was treated without requiring hospitalization.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $5,047 | $2,524 | Feb 26, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.1000(c) · Air contaminants |
Serious | $3,785 | $1,892 | Feb 26, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 26, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 26, 2020 | Final |
5566 Nash Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 · Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $3,366 | $2,356 | Apr 19, 2016 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Cape Girardeau site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 183 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Girardeau site Cape Girardeau · 2021 | 183 | 5 | 1 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Mar 29, 2022, Cape Girardeau: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · wrist(s)
An employee was cutting open a bag with a hay knife and lacerated his left wrist.
Jan 14, 2020, Cape Girardeau: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
Two employees were working to unchoke a dust collector. The injured employee suffered amputation of two fingertips when he contacted the rotating rotary valve. The valve was unguarded at the time of the incident.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1000(c)
(c) Table Z-3. An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-3, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week, shall not exceed the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table.
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)
(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.
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6)
(6) The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.
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.