Inspection 348276841 OPENED MAY 29, 2025Closed
108 1st Ave, Scranton, ND 58653 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Scranton Equity Exchange has 7 OSHA inspections on record in North Dakota, the first in 2005.
OSHA's last visit started on May 29, 2025 on a referral, in Scranton.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 24 citation items: 20 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $68,754 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $55,262, down 20%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.272, grain handling facilities (8 items).
For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Scranton Equity Exchange averages $25,774 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
North Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records
31employers cited
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Inspection 344583018 OPENED JAN 9, 2020Closed
12 Hamilton Street Se, Scranton, ND 58653 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344131917 OPENED JUN 12, 2019Closed
12 Hamilton Street, Scranton, ND 58653 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 343430625 OPENED AUG 9, 2018Closed
12 Hamilton Street Se, Scranton, ND 58653 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 9, 2018 (fatal): Employee is pinned by skid steer bucket and killed
At 9:15 a.m. on August 9, 2018, an employee was spray cleaning a grain truck trailer. A whacker bucket loader pinched the employee into trailer, resulting in fatal internal crushing injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $13,260 | $10,000 | Feb 5, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $13,260 | $10,000 | Feb 5, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.178(m)(3) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $13,260 | $10,000 | Feb 5, 2019 | Final |
Inspection 342182482 OPENED MAR 20, 2017Closed
28 South Seventh Avenue West, Dickinson, ND 58601 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry |
Serious | $6,338 | $6,338 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $6,338 | $6,338 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $8,873 | $8,873 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $0 | $0 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 3 29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1) · Grain handling facilities |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 4 29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3) · Grain handling facilities |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | May 9, 2017 | Final |
Inspection 314600537 OPENED JUL 1, 2010Closed
Highway 67, Scranton, ND 58653 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $1,250 | $625 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $1,250 | $625 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2c 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $1,250 | $625 | Nov 30, 2010 | Closed |
Inspection 308510791 OPENED MAR 2, 2005Closed
Highway 67, Scranton, ND 58653 · Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.23(a)(2) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.111(b)(9)(i) · Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $525 | $262 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5a 29 CFR 1910.272(q)(5) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $525 | $262 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5b 29 CFR 1910.272(q)(6)(i) · Grain handling facilities |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 11, 2005 | Closed |
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.
May 27, 2025, Scranton: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts n.e.c.
An employee on top of a moving railcar when their self-retracting lifeline (SRL) became caught on a load-out spout. The employee was dragged along the railcar, then rolled off the railcar and fell to ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their wrist, right side ribs, and femur.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.111 · Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia
29 CFR 1910.111(b)(9)(i)
(9) Safety relief devices. (i) Every container used in systems covered by paragraphs (c), (f), (g), and (h) of this section shall be provided with one or more safety relief valves of the spring-loaded or equivalent type. The discharge from safety-relief valves shall be vented away from the container upward and unobstructed to the atmosphere. All relief-valve discharge openings shall have suitable rain caps that will allow free discharge of the vapor and prevent entrance of water. Provision shall be made for draining condensate which may accumulate. The rate of the discharge shall be in accordance with the provisions of Table H-36.
29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
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 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)
(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
29 CFR 1910.272 · Grain handling facilities
29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry
OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause
Other grain and field bean merchant wholesalers employers in North Dakota
- CHS, Inc Devils Lake · 14 citations · $74,108
- Border AG & Energy Bottineau · 8 citations · $22,052
- Paterson Globalfoods, Inc Bowbells · 1 citation · $2,838
- Trigen AG Partners, LLC Max · 4 citations · $10,200
- Minn-Kota AG Products Mooreton · 5 citations · $12,000
- Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC Hillsboro · 17 citations · $26,282
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