BRAKEBUSH BROTHERS INC
RT 2, Westfield, WI 53964
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Inspection records
Mar 10, 2026#348798638Mar 10, 2026OpenReferral (C) · Partial scope, SafetyOpen#348798638$16,5501 viol.1 violation$16,550 in penalties
Inspection #348798638
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 10, 2026
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 10, 2026
- Contested
- Aug 13, 2026
- Closed
- Open
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 850
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $16,550
- Penalties on Record
- $16,550
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II | Serious | 1 | 5 | $16,550 | $16,550 | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | - |
Oct 24, 2024#347840290Oct 24, 2024Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#347840290$4,2201 viol.1 violation$4,220 in penalties
Inspection #347840290
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 24, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 24, 2024
- Final Order
- Feb 7, 2025
- Closed
- Jul 8, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 800
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,029
- Penalties on Record
- $4,220
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 2 | 10 | $6,029 | $4,220 | Feb 18, 2025 | - | Feb 7, 2025 |
Nov 30, 2023#347134090Nov 30, 2023Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#347134090$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347134090
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 2023
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 2023
- Closed
- Jan 18, 2024
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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.
Jan 4, 2023#346421258Jan 4, 2023Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#346421258$9,4882 viol.2 violations$9,488 in penalties
Inspection #346421258
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 4, 2023
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 5, 2023
- Contested
- Jul 27, 2023
- Final Order
- Jul 17, 2024
- Closed
- Jul 18, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $9,488
- Penalties on Record
- $9,488
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002B | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 I | Other | 1 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 2023 | Jul 27, 2023 | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 01003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 3 | 40 | $9,488 | $9,488 | Jul 31, 2023 | Jul 27, 2023 | Jul 17, 2024 |
Jul 11, 2022#346069651Jul 11, 2022Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#346069651$24,6566 viol.6 violations$24,656 in penalties
Inspection #346069651
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 11, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 17, 2022
- Final Order
- Jan 23, 2023
- Closed
- Mar 10, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $33,462
- Penalties on Record
- $24,656
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.28 OSHA citation code: 19100028 B01 I | Serious | 1 | 16 | $7,044 | $7,044 | Jan 23, 2023 | - | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 01001B | 1910.28 OSHA citation code: 19100028 B11 I | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jan 23, 2023 | - | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 01001C | 1910.29 OSHA citation code: 19100029 B13 | Serious | 2 | 16 | $0 | $0 | - | Jan 23, 2023 | |
| 01002 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D03 I | Other | 1 | 16 | $8,806 | $0 | Mar 31, 2023 | - | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 01003 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D03 II | Serious | 6 | 800 | $8,806 | $8,806 | - | Jan 23, 2023 |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 6 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Nov 8, 2021#345626758Nov 8, 2021Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#345626758$11,1884 viol.4 violations$11,188 in penalties
Inspection #345626758
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 8, 2021
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 8, 2021
- Final Order
- Apr 22, 2022
- Closed
- Jun 17, 2022
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 999
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $18,647
- Penalties on Record
- $11,188
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $10,360 | $6,216 | - | Apr 22, 2022 | |
| 01002A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $8,287 | $4,972 | May 13, 2022 | - | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 01002B | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 30, 2022 | - | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 02001 | 1904.29 Forms OSHA citation code: 19040029 B01 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 29, 2022 | - | Apr 22, 2022 |
Jun 5, 2019#344057021Jun 5, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344057021$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344057021
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 5, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 5, 2019
- Closed
- Aug 14, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
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 amputates tip of left ring finger in conveyor
Mar 22, 2016#341342228Mar 22, 2016Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#341342228$4,9001 viol.1 violation$4,900 in penalties
Inspection #341342228
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 22, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 22, 2016
- Final Order
- Jun 27, 2016
- Closed
- Jul 25, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 900
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,000
- Penalties on Record
- $4,900
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 6 | $7,000 | $4,900 | Jul 12, 2016 | - | Jun 27, 2016 |
Jan 3, 2014#339536195Jan 3, 2014FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#339536195$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #339536195
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 3, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 14, 2014
- Closed
- Feb 11, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 775
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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 dies of heart attack
Sep 1, 2009#312553266Sep 1, 2009Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#312553266$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #312553266
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 1, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 1, 2009
- Closed
- Sep 15, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 750
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- N4993 6th Drive, Westfield, WI 53964
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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
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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.
22 inspections, 1979 to 2026. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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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.
Standards cited
Chemical exposure sampling
Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: poultry processing reported 2.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 2.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source