DIAL CORPORATION
HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH, FORT MADISON, IA 52627
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Inspection records
Sep 14, 2004#306685157Sep 14, 2004Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#306685157$5,5002 viol.2 violations$5,500 in penalties
Inspection #306685157
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 14, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 14, 2004
- Contested
- Jan 24, 2005
- Final Order
- Oct 24, 2005
- Closed
- Mar 20, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $9,000
- Penalties on Record
- $5,500
- Site Address
- 2467 Henry Ladyn Drive, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Industry
- 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
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 (2 of 2 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 A01 | Serious | 4 | 2 | $4,500 | $3,500 | Nov 19, 2005 | Jan 24, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Other | 2 | - | $4,500 | $2,000 | Nov 19, 2005 | Jan 24, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
Sep 14, 2004#306685140Sep 14, 2004Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#306685140$3,8009 viol.9 violations$3,800 in penalties
Inspection #306685140
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 14, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 14, 2004
- Contested
- Mar 14, 2005
- Final Order
- Oct 24, 2005
- Closed
- Mar 20, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint, 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,700
- Penalties on Record
- $3,800
- Site Address
- 2467 Henry Ladyn Drive, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Industry
- 311613 Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
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 (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 I | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $3,200 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01001C | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D09 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 28, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01001D | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 F07 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01001E | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 F10 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01001F | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 J02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 01001G | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 J04 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 02001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A08 | Other | 1 | 1 | $900 | $200 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 02002 | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 B01 II | Other | 1 | 1 | $900 | $200 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
| 02003 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 J01 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $900 | $200 | Nov 19, 2005 | Mar 14, 2005 | Oct 24, 2005 |
May 7, 2003#305717050May 7, 2003Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#305717050$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #305717050
Dates
- Opened
- May 7, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- May 30, 2003
- Closed
- Jun 2, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2467 Henry Ladyn Drive, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Industry
- 311712
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.
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 fingers amputated in mixer
Oct 26, 1999#115092553Oct 26, 1999Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115092553$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115092553
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 26, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 8, 1999
- Closed
- Nov 8, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 515
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Highway 61 South, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- 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.
Oct 27, 1992#115055808Oct 27, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115055808$3,0002 viol.2 violations$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #115055808
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 4, 1992
- Closed
- Jan 19, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 478
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint, 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,400
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- Highway 61 South, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- 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.
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 hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 40002 OSHA citation code: 40002 1 | Other | 1 | 7 | $900 | $700 | Nov 30, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002 | 40008 | Other | 1 | 7 | $4,500 | $2,300 | Nov 30, 1992 | - | - |
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 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.
5 inspections, 1992 to 2004. 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.