Topeka, Kansas · Other Animal Food Manufacturing · NAICS 311119
1inspections
4citation items
$5,344current penalties
Aug 4, 2016last inspection
OSHA has inspected Tarwaters Inc. once in Kansas.
The inspection began on Aug 4, 2016 after a complaint, in Topeka.
That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $7,126 and now stand at $5,344, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.
Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.219.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,873, and Tarwaters Inc. averages $5,344 (1 cited inspection).
Tarwaters Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Kansas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
45employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Topeka site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 47 workers: 4.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 67 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Tarwaters Inc
Topeka · 2023
47
2
2
4.8
5.9
Tarwaters, Inc.
Topeka · 2017
25
1
0
4.4
5.9
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 12, 2018, Topeka: Hospitalization · fractures · elbow(s)
An employee was trying to grab a box overhead while on a step ladder when he lost his footing and the step ladder tipped over. He fell to the concrete floor, lacerating both elbows and breaking his left elbow. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
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 1910.219(e)(1)(i)
(e) Belt, rope, and chain drives—(1) Horizontal belts and ropes. (i) Where both runs of horizontal belts are seven (7) feet or less from the floor level, the guard shall extend to at least fifteen (15) inches above the belt or to a standard height except that where both runs of a horizontal belt are 42 inches or less from the floor, the belt shall be fully enclosed in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
(j) Housekeeping. (1) The employer shall develop and implement a written housekeeping program that establishes the frequency and method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces.
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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.
