Ventria Bioscience OSHA Violations, Junction City KS

OSHA inspectors have visited Ventria Bioscience in Kansas one time.

It opened on Feb 23, 2021 after a complaint, in Junction City.

In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $61,440; today they stand at $20,275, 67% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.

Among professional services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,821 penalty. Ventria Bioscience averages $20,275 across 1 cited inspection.

Ventria Bioscience also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $557 in back wages owed to workers.

Ventria Bioscience: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021 — Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345161137 OPENED FEB 23, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 30 employees at the site · Closed May 21, 2021

2718 Industrial Street, Junction City, KS 66441 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection	Serious	$8,192	$4,506	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection	Serious	$6,827	$0	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection	Serious	$9,557	$0	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 1d 29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection	Serious	$8,192	$0	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(1) · Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories	Serious	$9,557	$5,256	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 6a 29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(1) · Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories	Serious	$8,192	$4,506	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 1, item 7 29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash	Serious	$9,557	$5,256	Apr 9, 2021	Final
Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA	Other-than-serious	$1,366	$751	Apr 9, 2021	Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2022, the Junction City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 40 workers: 2.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and year	Workers	Cases	Days-away cases	Rate	Industry median
Ventria Bioscience Junction City · 2022	40	1	1	2.4	1.1
Ventria Bioscience Junction City Junction City · 2021	47	1	0	2.1	1.1

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewed	Violations	Workers owed	Back wages	Penalties
Oct 27, 2018 to Oct 24, 2020 Junction City	7	6	$557	$0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.1450 · Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

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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.

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