OTTERTAIL COUNTY - COURTHOUSE
121 W. JUNIUS ST., FERGUS FALLS, MN 56537
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Inspection records
Nov 22, 1994#111695219Nov 22, 1994Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#111695219$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111695219
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 22, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 22, 1994
- Closed
- Dec 27, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 404
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 121 W. Junius St., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 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.
Oct 28, 1993#111695920Oct 28, 1993Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#111695920$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111695920
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 28, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 28, 1993
- Closed
- Nov 22, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 54
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 121 W. Junius St., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 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.
Oct 28, 1993#111679999Oct 28, 1993Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#111679999$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111679999
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 28, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 28, 1993
- Closed
- Nov 22, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 458
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 121 W. Junius St., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 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.
Jul 6, 1992#111696811Jul 6, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111696811$5,73756 viol.56 violations$5,737 in penalties
Inspection #111696811
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 6, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 1992
- Contested
- Aug 28, 1992
- Closed
- Nov 16, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 404
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 56
- Violation Types
- 19 serious, 37 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $22,611
- Penalties on Record
- $5,737
- Site Address
- 121 W. Junius St., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Aug 28, 1992. Final orders are recorded through Jun 7, 1993. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (10 of 56 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.27 OSHA citation code: 19100027 B01 II | Serious | 1 | 1 | $825 | $825 | Sep 6, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01002 | 1910.36 OSHA citation code: 19100036 B08 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Aug 16, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01003 | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Oct 21, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01004 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 2 | 2 | $825 | $825 | Sep 8, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01005 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $975 | $450 | Jul 20, 1993 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01006 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Aug 24, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01007 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A02 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $825 | $0 | Jun 23, 1993 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01008 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $975 | $975 | Jun 23, 1993 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01009 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C03 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $825 | $0 | Jul 20, 1993 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01010 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 7 | 7 | $1,725 | $637 | Sep 8, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 56 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 Penalties6 citations, $1,705 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #111679999 | Nov 22, 1993 | - | Dec 10, 1993 | Jul 5, 1994 |
| 01003 | #111679999 | Nov 22, 1993 | - | Dec 10, 1993 | Jul 5, 1994 |
| 01005 | #111679999 | Nov 22, 1993 | - | Dec 10, 1993 | Jul 5, 1994 |
Showing the 3 FTA rows present in the first 10 citations on this inspection. OSHA's record shows 6 total citations with FTA activity for this inspection. The complete list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jul 6, 1992#111696431Jul 6, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111696431$5,73741 viol.41 violations$5,737 in penalties
Inspection #111696431
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 6, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 1992
- Contested
- Oct 2, 1992
- Final Order
- Jun 7, 1993
- Closed
- Nov 16, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 54
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 41
- Violation Types
- 15 serious, 26 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $20,548
- Penalties on Record
- $5,737
- Site Address
- 121 W. Junius St., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 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 (10 of 41 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,312 | $1,312 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01002 | 1910.106 OSHA citation code: 19100106 E06 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Sep 16, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01003 | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 D10 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01004 | 1910.169 Air Receivers OSHA citation code: 19100169 B03 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $675 | $675 | Sep 16, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01005 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $825 | $825 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01006 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 8 | $825 | $825 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01007 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C02 I | Serious | 1 | 8 | $825 | $750 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01008 | 1910.303 OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 1 | 8 | $1,312 | $0 | Sep 16, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01009 | 5205.115 | Serious | 4 | 14 | $1,425 | $0 | Oct 12, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
| 01010 | 5205070003 | Serious | 1 | 8 | $825 | $0 | Sep 28, 1992 | Oct 2, 1992 | Jun 7, 1993 |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 41 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.
5 inspections, 1992 to 1994. 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.