Since 2000, OSHA inspectors have visited Shur-Co, LLC in South Dakota 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Apr 1, 2022 on a referral, in Vermillion.
In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $23,354; today they stand at $14,166, 39% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.219 (belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,872 penalty. Shur-Co, LLC averages $13,600 across 1 cited inspection.
Shur-Co, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Yankton site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 183 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Shur-Co, LLC.
Yankton · 2025
183
3
1
1.9
3.0
Yankton SD
Yankton · 2023
219
11
1
4.8
3.0
Vermillion SD
Vermillion · 2023
13
0
0
0.0
3.0
Shur-Co of Yankton
Yankton · 2022
208
12
2
6.4
3.0
Shur-Co of Vermillion
Vermillion · 2022
14
3
3
22.1
3.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
An employee was loading material and coming down from the trailer when he slipped off and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and bruises to both wrists.
At about 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 2022, an employee was using a grommet press machine to punch holes in tarp material. The machine injured his left middle finger, necessitating a partial medical amputation.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii)
(iii) Special handtools for placing and removing material shall be such as to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Such tools shall not be in lieu of other guarding required by this section, but can only be used to supplement protection provided.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other textile bag and canvas mills employers in South Dakota
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.
