JOHN SWANSON FERTILIZER, INC.
EAST HIGHWAY 55, Brooten, MN 56316
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Inspection records
Jan 14, 1992#111642906Jan 14, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111642906$1654 viol.4 violations$165 in penalties
Inspection #111642906
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 14, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 14, 1992
- Closed
- Mar 3, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $165
- Penalties on Record
- $165
- Site Address
- Hwy 55e, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $165 | $165 | Mar 16, 1992 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 E03 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 16, 1992 | - | - |
| 02002 | 5205067502 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 24, 1992 | - | - |
| 02003 | 5205075002 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 16, 1992 | - | - |
Jan 9, 1990#107793978Jan 9, 1990Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#107793978$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107793978
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 9, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 1990
- Closed
- Jan 22, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 55e, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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.
Dec 20, 1988#107806846Dec 20, 1988Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#107806846$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107806846
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 20, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 20, 1988
- Closed
- Jan 31, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 55e, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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.
Aug 26, 1987#104525415Aug 26, 1987Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104525415$1809 viol.9 violations$180 in penalties
Inspection #104525415
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 26, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 26, 1987
- Closed
- Jan 9, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $180
- Penalties on Record
- $180
- Site Address
- Hwy 55e, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D 1 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $57 | $57 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F 3 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $57 | $57 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 A 1 I | Serious | 2 | 1 | $66 | $66 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A 4 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B 9 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.243 Guarding of Portable Powered Tools OSHA citation code: 19100243 C 1 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 13, 1987 | - | - |
| 02004 | 5206070002 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Mar 15, 1988 | - | - |
| 02005 | 5206080001 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Mar 15, 1988 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 9 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Failure to Abate Penalties2 citations, $420 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 2 citations issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01003 | #107806846 | Jan 19, 1989 | $231 | - | - |
| 02003 | #107806846 | Jan 19, 1989 | $189 | - | - |
Jun 27, 1984#14921126Jun 27, 1984Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#14921126$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14921126
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 27, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 27, 1984
- Closed
- Jul 6, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- East Hwy 55, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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.
Apr 23, 1984#14926133Apr 23, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14926133$19810 viol.10 violations$198 in penalties
Inspection #14926133
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 23, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 23, 1984
- Closed
- Jul 17, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 7 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $198
- Penalties on Record
- $198
- Site Address
- East Highway 55, Brooten, MN 56316
- 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 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 4 | 1 | $84 | $84 | Jun 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $39 | $39 | Jun 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 V | Serious | 3 | 1 | $75 | $75 | May 30, 1984 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E02 IVD | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1984 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A05 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 21, 1984 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Other | 2 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1984 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 B | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1984 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 10 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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, 1984 to 1992. 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.