CHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY
270 20TH ST NW, BENSON, MN 56215
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Inspection records
Jul 30, 2007#311081012Jul 30, 2007FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#311081012$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #311081012
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 30, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 31, 2007
- Closed
- Jul 31, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 270 20th St Nw, Benson, MN 56215
- Industry
- 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
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 killed in fall through hole in roof of steel bin
Oct 22, 2003#307133876Oct 22, 2003Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#307133876$15,0006 viol.6 violations$15,000 in penalties
Inspection #307133876
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 22, 2003
- Contested
- Apr 28, 2004
- Closed
- Aug 1, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 44
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 6 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $33,000
- Penalties on Record
- $15,000
- Site Address
- 270 20th St Nw, Benson, MN 56215
- Industry
- 325193 Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Apr 28, 2004. Final orders are recorded through Jun 25, 2007. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 E01 | Serious | 1 | 44 | $21,000 | $3,000 | Jun 12, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
| 02001 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F01 | Serious | 1 | 44 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Jun 12, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
| 02003 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 H02 | Serious | 4 | 44 | $3,000 | $3,000 | May 18, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Jun 25, 2007 |
| 02004A | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 J02 | Serious | 1 | 44 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Jun 12, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
| 02004B | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 J04 II | Serious | 1 | 44 | $0 | $0 | Jun 12, 2004 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 O01 | Serious | 1 | 44 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Jun 2, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
Oct 22, 2003#306762287Oct 22, 2003Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#306762287$50,0003 viol.3 violations$50,000 in penalties
Inspection #306762287
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 12, 2003
- Contested
- Apr 28, 2004
- Final Order
- Mar 25, 2007
- Closed
- Aug 1, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 44
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 willful
- Initial Penalties
- $50,400
- Penalties on Record
- $50,000
- Site Address
- 270 20th St Nw, Benson, MN 56215
- Industry
- 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 38 | $8,400 | $1,200 | Apr 28, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
| 01002 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 IV | Serious | 1 | 5 | $21,000 | $3,000 | Apr 28, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
| 01004 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 A03 I | Willful | 1 | 5 | $21,000 | $45,800 | Apr 28, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 | Mar 25, 2007 |
May 19, 1998#126592195May 19, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#126592195$1,7507 viol.7 violations$1,750 in penalties
Inspection #126592195
Dates
- Opened
- May 19, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- May 19, 1998
- Contested
- Jul 1, 1998
- Final Order
- Sep 20, 1998
- Closed
- Sep 22, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 7 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,500
- Penalties on Record
- $1,750
- Site Address
- 270 20th St Nw, Benson, MN 56215
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 B01 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $500 | $250 | Jul 5, 1998 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $300 | $150 | Jul 23, 1998 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01003 | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D01 II | Serious | 1 | 1 | $500 | $250 | Jul 5, 1998 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01004 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F01 I | Serious | 1 | 25 | $600 | $300 | Mar 20, 1999 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01005 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 I02 III | Serious | 1 | 25 | $600 | $300 | Mar 20, 1999 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01006 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 J02 | Serious | 1 | 25 | $600 | $300 | Dec 20, 1998 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
| 01007 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $400 | $200 | Jul 5, 1998 | Jul 1, 1998 | Sep 20, 1998 |
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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.
4 inspections, 1998 to 2007. 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.