OSHA has inspected Trail-Eze Inc. 2 times in South Dakota since 2020.
The latest one began on Feb 14, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Corsica.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $19,614 and now stand at $17,550, 11% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Trail-Eze Inc. averages $8,775 (2 cited inspections).
Trail-Eze 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.
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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 Mitchell site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 61 workers: 2.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 6 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Trail-Eze
Mitchell · 2025
61
1
1
2.9
5.2
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.
Feb 27, 2018, Mitchell: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee was hooking up the hydraulic and electrical lines from a trailer to a semi-truck when the employee lost balance on the semi sidestep and fell face-first to the ground. The employee suffered internal bleeding and was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
(7) For oil-lubricated compressors, the employer shall use a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm, or both, to monitor carbon monoxide levels. If only high-temperature alarms are used, the air supply shall be monitored at intervals sufficient to prevent carbon monoxide in the breathing air from exceeding 10 ppm.
(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.
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.
