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Smithfield-Denison: OSHA inspections and violations

Denison, Iowa · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · NAICS 311611

2inspections
5citation items
$18,750current penalties
Dec 20, 2016last inspection

Smithfield-Denison has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Iowa, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Dec 20, 2016 on a referral, in Denison.

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

OSHA proposed $18,750 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

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

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,872. Smithfield-Denison averages $18,750 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Smithfield-Denison: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341996601 OPENED DEC 20, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,500 employees at the site · Closed Mar 23, 2017

800 Industrial Drive, Denison, IA 51442 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$1,875$1,875Feb 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$5,000$5,000Feb 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$5,000$5,000Feb 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$1,875$1,875Feb 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$5,000$5,000Feb 17, 2017Final

Inspection 341366086 OPENED APR 6, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,600 employees at the site · Closed Sep 2, 2016

800 Industrial Drive, Denison, IA 51442 · Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i)

(2) Guarding horizontal shafting. (i) All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.25 · Stairways

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