CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
31 AVENUE G, IOWA STATE PENITENTIARY, FORT MADISON, IA 52627
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Inspection records
Oct 17, 2011#316176742Oct 17, 2011Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#316176742$2,2502 viol.2 violations$2,250 in penalties
Inspection #316176742
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 17, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 15, 2011
- Closed
- Jun 26, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 428
- 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
- $2,250
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Industry
- 922140
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | $2,250 | Jan 17, 2012 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1904.29 Forms OSHA citation code: 19040029 B01 | Other | 6 | 428 | $4,500 | $0 | Feb 28, 2012 | - | - |
Mar 21, 2006#308264670Mar 21, 2006Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#308264670$3,0006 viol.6 violations$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #308264670
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- May 1, 2006
- Contested
- May 31, 2006
- Closed
- Mar 20, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 533
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $11,000
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- E Avenue E, Prison Industries, Fort Madison, Fort Madison, IA 52627
- Industry
- 922140
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 amputates finger while operating table saw
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on May 31, 2006. Final orders are recorded through Jul 10, 2007. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 C01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $5,000 | $1,000 | Jun 26, 2006 | - | Jul 10, 2007 |
| 01001B | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 C02 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Jun 26, 2006 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 C03 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $1,000 | $0 | Jun 23, 2006 | - | Jul 10, 2007 |
| 02001 | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 G02 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Jun 26, 2006 | May 31, 2006 | Jul 10, 2007 |
| 03001A | 1904.4 Recording Criteria OSHA citation code: 19040004 A | Other | 4 | 1 | $4,000 | $1,000 | Jun 26, 2006 | - | Jul 10, 2007 |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 6 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Nov 4, 1998#300371549Nov 4, 1998Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#300371549$3,9005 viol.5 violations$3,900 in penalties
Inspection #300371549
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 4, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 18, 1998
- Closed
- Jun 1, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 138
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,900
- Penalties on Record
- $3,900
- Site Address
- E Avenue E, Prison Industries, Fort Madison, 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.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 880004 | Serious | 1 | 6 | $1,300 | $1,300 | Jan 29, 1999 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II | Serious | 1 | 6 | $1,300 | $1,300 | Jan 29, 1999 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,300 | $1,300 | Jan 29, 1999 | - | - |
| 02001 | 40002 OSHA citation code: 40002 1 | Other | 1 | 138 | $0 | $0 | Jan 7, 1999 | - | - |
| 02002 | 40004 OSHA citation code: 40004 1 | Other | 1 | 138 | $0 | $0 | Jan 7, 1999 | - | - |
Sep 28, 1994#115072035Sep 28, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115072035$3001 viol.1 violation$300 in penalties
Inspection #115072035
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 28, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 29, 1994
- Contested
- Oct 31, 1994
- Final Order
- Aug 21, 1995
- Closed
- Aug 21, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $300
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 40002 OSHA citation code: 40002 1 | Other | 2 | 10 | $1,000 | $300 | Oct 24, 1994 | Oct 31, 1994 | Aug 21, 1995 |
Aug 1, 1994#115068983Aug 1, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115068983$1,9251 viol.1 violation$1,925 in penalties
Inspection #115068983
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 1, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 1994
- Closed
- Oct 27, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 480
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,925
- Penalties on Record
- $1,925
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 880004 | Serious | 1 | 12 | $1,925 | $1,925 | Oct 7, 1994 | - | - |
Aug 5, 1993#115055923Aug 5, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115055923$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115055923
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 5, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 5, 1993
- Closed
- Aug 5, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 470
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
May 11, 1993#115063448May 11, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115063448$1,4001 viol.1 violation$1,400 in penalties
Inspection #115063448
Dates
- Opened
- May 11, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 29, 1993
- Closed
- Sep 29, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 480
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,125
- Penalties on Record
- $1,400
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 D03 III | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,125 | $1,400 | Aug 6, 1993 | - | - |
Mar 15, 1993#115049173Mar 15, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115049173$6001 viol.1 violation$600 in penalties
Inspection #115049173
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 15, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 15, 1993
- Closed
- Jun 13, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 455
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,600
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 | Serious | 1 | 20 | $1,600 | $600 | Jul 1, 1994 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $4,500 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation 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 | #115072035 | Oct 19, 1994 | $4,500 | Oct 31, 1994 | Aug 21, 1995 |
Oct 22, 1992#115049090Oct 22, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115049090$5002 viol.2 violations$500 in penalties
Inspection #115049090
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 22, 1992
- Closed
- Feb 12, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 465
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,125
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 2 | 4 | $1,125 | $500 | Dec 9, 1992 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I | Serious | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Dec 9, 1992 | - | - |
Aug 6, 1992#115052110Aug 6, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115052110$6502 viol.2 violations$650 in penalties
Inspection #115052110
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 6, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 9, 1992
- Closed
- Mar 4, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 465
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $650
- Site Address
- 31 Avenue G, Iowa State Penitentiary, 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1926.58 COVID-19 OSHA citation code: 19260058 H03 I | Other | 1 | 3 | $1,000 | $650 | Oct 30, 1992 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B09 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Nov 30, 1992 | - | - |
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 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.
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.
12 inspections, 1988 to 2011. 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.