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Vets Plus, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Menomonie, Wisconsin · Other Animal Food Manufacturing · NAICS 311119

6inspections
25citation items
$42,822current penalties
Oct 23, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Vets Plus, Inc. 6 times in Wisconsin since 2004.

The latest one began on Oct 23, 2024 on a referral, in Menomonie.

Those inspections ended with 25 citation items: 21 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $65,373 and now stand at $42,822, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 7 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,872, and Vets Plus, Inc. averages $9,468 (4 cited inspections).

Vets Plus, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $3,667 in back wages owed to workers.

Vets Plus, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347837080 OPENED OCT 23, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed Feb 18, 2025

302 Cedar Falls Road, Menomonie, WI 54751 · Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,340$7,404Dec 17, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Dec 17, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$8,816$5,290Dec 17, 2024Final

Inspection 346784473 OPENED JUN 22, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 100 employees at the site · Closed Sep 11, 2023

302 Cedar Falls Road, Menomonie, WI 54751 · Other Animal Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$5,122$3,585Aug 23, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(3)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$0$0Aug 23, 2023Final

Inspection 345136048 OPENED FEB 5, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2021

902 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie, WI 54751 · Other Animal Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$10,533$7,373May 4, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$8,778$6,145May 4, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.32(a)(4) · Yearly injury summary
Other-than-serious$1,756$1,229May 4, 2021Final

Inspection 341960003 OPENED DEC 8, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 123 employees at the site · Closed Mar 24, 2017

302 Cedar Falls Road, Menomonie, WI 54751 · Other Animal Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,889$3,423Feb 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$4,889$3,423Feb 1, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2017Final

Inspection 307038901 OPENED DEC 14, 2004Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Dec 17, 2004

102 3rd Ave. East, Knapp, WI 54749 · Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 300254679 OPENED FEB 4, 2004Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Feb 24, 2005

102 3rd Ave. East, Knapp, WI 54749 · Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,750$1,050Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$1,750$1,050Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2e
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,250$750Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$1,750$1,050Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,750$1,050Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(2) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.32(a)(4) · Yearly injury summary
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 24, 2004Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Menomonie site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 99 workers: 9.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 6 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Vets Plus
Menomonie · 2025
99 839.32.6
Vets Plus Inc.
Menomonie · 2025
90 323.72.6
Noble Pharma
Menomonie · 2024
17 000.02.6
Vets Plus, Inc
Menomonie · 2023
75 222.92.6
Vets Plus, Inc.
Menomonie · 2020
188 1128.62.6

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.

Oct 18, 2024, Menomonie: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)

On October 18, 2024, at approximately 9:35 a.m., an employee was attempting to clear a clog/jam in the filling machine while co-workers were preparing to purge the machine and begin startup. While clearing the clog, the filling machine actuated and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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 reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Nov 20, 2023 to Feb 21, 2024
MENOMONIE
11$3,667$0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(2)

(2) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 301 Incident Report? You must complete an OSHA 301 Incident Report form, or an equivalent form, for each recordable injury or illness entered on the OSHA 300 Log.

29 CFR 1904.32 · Yearly injury summary

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(4)

(4) Post the annual summary.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(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:

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

Other other animal food manufacturing employers in Wisconsin

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