UNIVERSAL SEED COMPANY
3465 INDEPENDENCE HWY, INDEPENDENCE, OR 97351 · NAICS 111422
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Inspection records
Mar 19, 2007#310641030Mar 19, 2007Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#310641030$7657 viol.7 violations$765 in penalties
Inspection #310641030
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 19, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 21, 2007
- Closed
- Jul 24, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 28
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $765
- Penalties on Record
- $765
- Site Address
- 3465 Independence Hwy, Independence, OR 97351
- Industry
- 111422
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 | 704150504 OSHA citation code: 704150504 B B | Serious | 1 | 2 | $100 | $100 | Mar 19, 2007 | - | - |
| 01002A | 704127505 OSHA citation code: 704127505 H | Serious | 1 | 6 | $165 | $165 | May 18, 2007 | - | - |
| 01002B | 704127505 OSHA citation code: 704127505 F A | Serious | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | May 18, 2007 | - | - |
| 01002C | 704127508 OSHA citation code: 704127508 C BI | Serious | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | May 18, 2007 | - | - |
| 02003 | 704281018 | Other | 1 | 28 | $0 | $0 | Mar 19, 2007 | - | - |
| 02004 | 704286003 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 19, 2007 | - | - |
| 02005 | 704025001 OSHA citation code: 704025001 A | Other | 1 | 30 | $500 | $500 | May 18, 2007 | - | - |
Apr 19, 2006#309607901Apr 19, 2006Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#309607901$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309607901
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 19, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 2006
- Closed
- Jun 20, 2006
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
- 3465 Independence Hwy, Independence, OR 97351
- Industry
- 111422
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 29, 2002#305576753Aug 29, 2002Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#305576753$1253 viol.3 violations$125 in penalties
Inspection #305576753
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 29, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 30, 2002
- Closed
- Mar 31, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $125
- Penalties on Record
- $125
- Site Address
- 3465 Independence Hwy, Independence, OR 97351
- Industry
- 111422
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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 704197004 OSHA citation code: 704197004 B | Serious | 1 | 11 | $125 | $125 | Aug 29, 2002 | - | - |
| 02002 | 704025006 OSHA citation code: 704025006 E A | Other | 1 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Oct 21, 2002 | - | - |
| 02003 | 704127505 OSHA citation code: 704127505 F B | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Oct 21, 2002 | - | - |
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.
3 inspections, 2002 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Crop Production, 17,184 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production reported 3.6 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 6.6%; NAICS 1114 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. BLS note: Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. Source