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Simplot Foods: OSHA inspections and violations

Grand Forks, North Dakota · Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing · NAICS 311412

2inspections
3citation items
$14,000current penalties
Feb 26, 2019last inspection

Simplot Foods has 2 OSHA inspections on record in North Dakota, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 26, 2019 after a complaint, in Grand Forks.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $14,000 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Simplot Foods averages $7,000 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Simplot Foods: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343822391 OPENED FEB 26, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 420 employees at the site · Closed Sep 17, 2019

3630 Gateway Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58203 · Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(l)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 12, 2019Final

Inspection 340982859 OPENED OCT 6, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 380 employees at the site · Closed Apr 6, 2016

3630 Gateway Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58203 · Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$7,000$7,000Feb 24, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$7,000$7,000Feb 24, 2016Final

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.

Sep 30, 2015, Grand Forks: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · neck and back

An employee of Simplot Foods was severely burned on his neck and back when an industrial fryer he was cleaning overflowed with boiling water.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(l)(1)

(1) Internal configuration.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.151(c)

(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

Other frozen specialty food manufacturing employers in North Dakota

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