Since 1979, OSHA inspectors have visited Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC in Texas 25 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Dec 20, 2016 on a referral, in Corpus Christi.
In all, OSHA issued 136 citation items: 88 serious and 48 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $285,924; today they stand at $118,436, 59% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 15 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,873 penalty. Sam Kane Beef Processors, LLC averages $8,925 across 2 cited inspections.
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 341428944 OPENED APR 25, 2016Closed
Follow-up · Complete · Safety · 650 employees at the site · Closed Apr 27, 2016
9001 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX 78469 · Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 337208821 OPENED NOV 2, 2012Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed Jan 22, 2013
9001 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78409 · Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 31, 2012 (fatal): Employee dies of heart attack after sustaining severe therma
At 07:00 a.m. on August 31, 2012, Employee #1 slipped and fell while hosing down the loading dock using a high pressure, hot water hose and while attempting to pick-up the hose, the hot water at a temperature of (120 degrees Fahrenheit), then sprayed down into his gloved hand. Employee #1 died from a heart attack, after sustaining second and third degree (thermal burns) to his hand. hand.
No citations from this inspection.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Dec 16, 2016, Corpus Christi: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was cutting meat with a saw and amputated his right thumb tip.
Nov 11, 2016, Corpus Christi: Hospitalization · fractures · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was adjusting the position of the cow hide between two metal jaws when his left thumb was caught between the jaws of the skinning machine resulting in a fractured left thumb.
Dec 31, 2015, Corpus Christi: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was working the foot popper machine on the kill floor and amputated a fingertip on the left hand.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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