FOOD ENGINEERING CORP.
2765 NIAGARA LANE, PLYMOUTH, MN 55441
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Inspection records
Aug 18, 1999#302903745Aug 18, 1999Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#302903745$1,0503 viol.3 violations$1,050 in penalties
Inspection #302903745
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 18, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 20, 1999
- Closed
- Nov 9, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 130
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,500
- Penalties on Record
- $1,050
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $600 | $420 | Oct 21, 1999 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $600 | $420 | Oct 26, 1999 | - | - |
| 02001 | 5205011601 | Other | 1 | 15 | $300 | $210 | Oct 11, 1999 | - | - |
Jun 24, 1993#120392279Jun 24, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#120392279$2002 viol.2 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #120392279
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 24, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 24, 1993
- Contested
- Jul 27, 1993
- Closed
- Mar 2, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 160
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $345
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jul 27, 1993. Final orders are recorded through Nov 15, 1993. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5206070001 OSHA citation code: 5206070001 G | Other | 1 | 285 | $345 | $200 | Dec 15, 1993 | Jul 27, 1993 | Nov 15, 1993 |
| 01002 | 5206100001 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 21, 1993 | - | - |
Jun 9, 1992#120424767Jun 9, 1992Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#120424767$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120424767
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 9, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 9, 1992
- Closed
- Apr 13, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 131
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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.
Jan 14, 1992#111617429Jan 14, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111617429$57611 viol.11 violations$576 in penalties
Inspection #111617429
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 14, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 14, 1992
- Closed
- Jul 18, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 90
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 11
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $640
- Penalties on Record
- $576
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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 11 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $352 | $352 | Mar 2, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses OSHA citation code: 19100217 C01 I | Serious | 2 | 1 | $288 | $224 | Mar 2, 1992 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 2, 1992 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 G10 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 10, 1992 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 K01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1992 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 I09 III | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 17, 1992 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 2, 1992 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1992 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 11 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, $81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | #120424767 | Jun 23, 1992 | $81 | Aug 7, 1992 | Feb 8, 1993 |
| 02004 | #120424767 | Jun 23, 1992 | - | Aug 7, 1992 | Feb 8, 1993 |
Jan 10, 1990#107773525Jan 10, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#107773525$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107773525
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 10, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 31, 1990
- Closed
- Apr 13, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 150
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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.
Jan 31, 1986#2412526Jan 31, 1986Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#2412526$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2412526
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 31, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 31, 1986
- Closed
- Feb 7, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 80
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2765 Niagara Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441
- 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.
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, 1986 to 1999. 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.