GREAT PLAINS BAG CORP
2201 BELL AVE, Des Moines, IA 50315
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Inspection records
Aug 2, 1983#17155714Aug 2, 1983Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#17155714$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #17155714
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 2, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 2, 1983
- Closed
- Aug 2, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50321
- 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.
Apr 1, 1981#17153917Apr 1, 1981Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#17153917$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #17153917
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 1, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 1, 1981
- Closed
- Apr 1, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 336
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Mar 19, 1981#17174301Mar 19, 1981Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#17174301$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #17174301
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 19, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 19, 1981
- Closed
- Mar 19, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 280
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell, Des Moines, IA 50321
- 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.
Jan 26, 1981#17153792Jan 26, 1981Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#17153792$80038 viol.38 violations$800 in penalties
Inspection #17153792
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 26, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 30, 1981
- Contested
- Apr 15, 1981
- Closed
- Feb 17, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 336
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 38
- Violation Types
- 28 serious, 4 repeat, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,100
- Penalties on Record
- $800
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50315
- 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 (8 of 38 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 880004 | Serious | 14 | - | $500 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01001B | 880004 | Serious | 5 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01001C | 880004 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002A | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 A02 | Serious | 3 | - | $800 | $150 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002B | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 A08 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002C | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 A09 | Serious | 22 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002D | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 49 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002E | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 15, 1981 | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 38 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Feb 12, 1980#17173907Feb 12, 1980Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#17173907$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #17173907
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 12, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 14, 1980
- Closed
- Feb 14, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 350
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell, Des Moines, IA 50321
- 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.
Sep 11, 1974#17205964Sep 11, 1974Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#17205964$26521 viol.21 violations$265 in penalties
Inspection #17205964
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 11, 1974
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 11, 1974
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Not displayed
- Number of Employees
- 384
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 21
- Violation Types
- 21 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $265
- Penalties on Record
- $265
- Site Address
- 2201 Bell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50321
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 21 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 D01 II | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 29, 1974 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 E | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 29, 1974 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.106 OSHA citation code: 19100106 G08 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.145 Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags OSHA citation code: 19100145 C02 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 A03 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 B02 IV | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 B | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1974 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 21 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
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.
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, 1974 to 1983. 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.