Windstar Inc has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.
OSHA opened it on Nov 12, 2015 on a referral, in Edmonson.
From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
OSHA proposed $9,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,400, down 40%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1928.57, guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins (2 items).
For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Windstar Inc averages $5,400 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Dec 1, 2019, Edmonson: Hospitalization · avulsions, enucleations · sole(s), unspecified
An employee was pushing cotton that falls apart from the bale down on the module feeder to the gin when his left foot was caught and mashed between two rollers, causing skin to be pulled from the bottom of his foot. He was hospitalized.
Nov 11, 2015, Edmonson: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was clearing a jammed cotton saw and was turning it by hand. The saw caught his finger and amputated the tip. The saw was not energized at the time of the incident.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
