BENCHMARK FOAM, INC.
3200 NINTH AVENUE SE, WATERTOWN, SD 57201
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Feb 27, 2017#342134525Feb 27, 2017Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#342134525$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342134525
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 27, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 27, 2017
- Closed
- Feb 28, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 78
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
May 20, 2016#341505980May 20, 2016FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#341505980$12,4712 viol.2 violations$12,471 in penalties
Inspection #341505980
Dates
- Opened
- May 20, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- May 24, 2016
- Final Order
- Oct 12, 2016
- Closed
- Oct 25, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 78
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $17,460
- Penalties on Record
- $12,471
- Site Address
- 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee is electrocuted after contacting un-insulated elect
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 A | Serious | 1 | 2 | $8,730 | $12,471 | Oct 21, 2016 | - | Oct 12, 2016 |
| 01001B | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 B01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $8,730 | $0 | Oct 21, 2016 | - | Oct 12, 2016 |
May 17, 2011#330296286May 17, 2011Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#330296286$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #330296286
Dates
- Opened
- May 17, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- May 17, 2011
- Closed
- May 17, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jan 25, 2011#315131144Jan 25, 2011Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#315131144$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #315131144
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 25, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 25, 2011
- Closed
- Jan 25, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Oct 7, 2010#314777947Oct 7, 2010Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#314777947$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314777947
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 7, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 7, 2010
- Closed
- Oct 12, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 45
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Aug 15, 1991#110499399Aug 15, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#110499399$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #110499399
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 15, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 15, 1991
- Closed
- Aug 19, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3200 Ninth Avenue Se, Watertown, SD 57201
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1991 to 2017. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.