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Schuster Co: OSHA inspections and violations

Le Mars, Iowa · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · NAICS 484121

2inspections
5citation items
$13,256current penalties
Nov 12, 2025last inspection

Schuster Co has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Iowa, the first in 2020.

OSHA's last visit started on Nov 12, 2025 after a complaint, in Le Mars.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $21,402 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $13,256, down 38%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.219, belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts (3 items).

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Schuster Co averages $6,628 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Schuster Co also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Schuster Co: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348590589 OPENED NOV 12, 2025Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 125 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 2026

2605 Lincoln Ave Sw, Le Mars, IA 51031 · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$8,511$4,256Apr 27, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(ii) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2026Final

Inspection 344640016 OPENED FEB 20, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 60 employees at the site · Closed Nov 13, 2020

2605 Lincoln Ave Sw, Le Mars, IA 51031 · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 15, 2020 (fatal): Employee is struck by truck and dies from head injuries

At 10:40 p.m. on February 15, 2020, an employee was waiting for a load of meat from Tyson Fresh Meat facility and was walking toward the security gate. The employee was struck by a shag truck that went through a stop sign and died from head injuries in the hospital on March 1, 2020.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$11,934$9,000Aug 6, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$957$0Aug 6, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2016, the Le Mars site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 370 workers: 0.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 133 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Schuster Co
Le Mars · 2016
370 220.43.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i)

(4) Projecting shaft ends. (i) Projecting shaft ends shall present a smooth edge and end and shall not project more than one-half the diameter of the shaft unless guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves.

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