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Simplot AB Retail Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brownfield, Texas · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424910

1inspections
2citation items
$8,297current penalties
Mar 19, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Simplot AB Retail Inc. once in Texas.

The inspection began on Mar 19, 2024 on a referral, in Brownfield.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,828 and now stand at $8,297, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,427, and Simplot AB Retail Inc. averages $8,297 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Simplot AB Retail Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347355703 OPENED MAR 19, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Jul 19, 2024

1702 Levelland Highway, Brownfield, TX 79316 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.22(c) · Walking-working surfaces
Serious$13,828$8,297Jul 3, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$0$0Jul 3, 2024Final

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.

Mar 14, 2024, Brownfield: Hospitalization · fractures · exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified

An employee was loading liquid fertilizer into a tanker truck when they fell from the truck to the ground, resulting in a laceration to the head and compression fractures in their back.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.22(c)

(c) Access and egress. The employer must provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)

(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:

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