WESTERN POLYMER CORPORATION
ROAD R SE, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837
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Inspection records
Sep 2, 2014#317447381Sep 2, 2014Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#317447381$9001 viol.1 violation$900 in penalties
Inspection #317447381
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 2, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 1, 2014
- Closed
- Dec 22, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $900
- Site Address
- 32 Road R Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
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 | 8064.2062 | Serious | 1 | 40 | $900 | $900 | Sep 2, 2014 | - | - |
Mar 22, 2006#309869386Mar 22, 2006Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#309869386$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309869386
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 22, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 22, 2006
- Closed
- Mar 22, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 52
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 32 Road R Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
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.
Oct 6, 2003#306535303Oct 6, 2003Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#306535303$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #306535303
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 6, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 21, 2003
- Closed
- Oct 21, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 62
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 32 Road 'r' Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
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.
Jun 18, 1998#115296865Jun 18, 1998Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#115296865$1,2803 viol.3 violations$1,280 in penalties
Inspection #115296865
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 18, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 7, 1998
- Closed
- Oct 4, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 55
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,280
- Penalties on Record
- $1,280
- Site Address
- 32 Road "r" Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
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's back injured in fall from stack of bags
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 0240002001 OSHA citation code: 0240002001 C | Serious | 1 | 3 | $640 | $640 | Sep 11, 1998 | - | - |
| 01001B | 0240004001 OSHA citation code: 0240004001 A 07 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Sep 11, 1998 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0240750101 OSHA citation code: 0240750101 A | Serious | 1 | 3 | $640 | $640 | Sep 11, 1998 | - | - |
Jul 14, 1997#115241002Jul 14, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115241002$7504 viol.4 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #115241002
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 14, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 1997
- Closed
- Oct 13, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $750
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- 32 Road "r" Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- 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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 0242050704 OSHA citation code: 0242050704 A | Serious | 2 | 2 | $750 | $750 | Sep 25, 1997 | - | - |
| 01001B | 0242050901 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Sep 25, 1997 | - | - |
| 01001C | 0242051103 OSHA citation code: 0242051103 A | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Sep 25, 1997 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0240004001 OSHA citation code: 0240004001 A 07 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Sep 25, 1997 | - | - |
Sep 1, 1992#111293486Sep 1, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111293486$06 viol.6 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111293486
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 1, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 1, 1992
- Closed
- Nov 30, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Road R Se, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- 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 (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0244751706 OSHA citation code: 0244751706 B 02 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0242050704 OSHA citation code: 0242050704 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0247501101 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
| 01004 | 0249560907 OSHA citation code: 0249560907 B 03 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
| 01005 | 0242051101 OSHA citation code: 0242051101 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
| 01006 | 0245920502 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 4, 1992 | - | - |
Mar 12, 1991#111464871Mar 12, 1991Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111464871$012 viol.12 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111464871
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 12, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 13, 1991
- Closed
- Jul 30, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 44
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 7 repeat, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- I-90, Moses Lake, WA 98837
- 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 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0249560506 | Repeat | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0249560902 OSHA citation code: 0249560902 A | Repeat | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0249560507 OSHA citation code: 0249560507 B 02 | Repeat | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
| 01004 | 0242051303 | Repeat | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
| 01005 | 0247500701 | Repeat | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
| 01006 | 0620541301 | Repeat | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 4, 1991 | - | - |
| 01007 | 0242051103 OSHA citation code: 0242051103 A | Repeat | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 5, 1991 | - | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 12 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
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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.
7 inspections, 1991 to 2014. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: wet corn milling reported 2.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 15.2%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source