OSHA has inspected United Hardware Distributing Co. 6 times in South Dakota since 1991.
The latest one began on Jan 12, 2023 after a complaint, in Milbank.
Those inspections ended with 21 citation items: 11 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $18,959 and now stand at $10,970, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,560, and United Hardware Distributing Co. averages $6,830 (1 cited inspection).
United Hardware Distributing Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
South Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records
30employers 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 2025, the Milbank site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 113 workers: 2.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Milbank RSC
Milbank · 2025
113
2
0
2.2
2.6
United Hardware Distributing Co - Distribution Center
Milbank · 2023
176
4
2
2.5
1.7
United Hardware Distributing Co - Distribution
Milbank · 2021
188
18
10
9.3
1.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:
(iii) After January 2, 1990, whenever replacement or major repair, renovation or modification of a machine or equipment is performed, and whenever new machines or equipment are installed, energy isolating devices for such machine or equipment shall be designed to accept a lockout device.
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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.
