LOUIS RICH CO
207 W 2ND ST PO BOX 288, West Liberty, IA 52776
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Inspection records
Jun 10, 1991#104263579Jun 10, 1991Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#104263579$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104263579
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 10, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 10, 1991
- Closed
- Jun 10, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,276
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 207 W. 2nd Street, West Liberty, IA 52776
- 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 finger cut by conveyor belt
Nov 30, 1989#104247218Nov 30, 1989Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#104247218$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104247218
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 1, 1989
- Closed
- Dec 1, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,345
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 207 W. 2nd Street, West Liberty, IA 52776
- 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.
Sep 21, 1987#104266374Sep 21, 1987Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104266374$2704 viol.4 violations$270 in penalties
Inspection #104266374
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 21, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 22, 1987
- Closed
- Nov 13, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $420
- Penalties on Record
- $270
- Site Address
- 207 West 2nd Street, West Liberty, IA 52776
- 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.
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 fingertip amputated in chain and sprocket
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A09 | Serious | 5 | 4 | $120 | $84 | Nov 30, 1987 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $60 | $42 | Oct 19, 1987 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $120 | $84 | Oct 3, 1987 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 1 | 2 | $120 | $60 | Nov 3, 1987 | - | - |
Jun 14, 1984#14770432Jun 14, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14770432$1,00010 viol.10 violations$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #14770432
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 14, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 18, 1984
- Contested
- Jul 12, 1984
- Closed
- Feb 12, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 930
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 1 repeat, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,720
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- 207 W 2nd St, West Liberty, IA 52776
- 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 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E02 IVD | Serious | 1 | 2 | $240 | $140 | Jul 29, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $400 | $240 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01004A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $240 | $0 | Jul 9, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01004B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 9, 1984 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 IVC | Serious | 1 | 1 | $240 | $100 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01006 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 B03 IIIA | Other | 1 | 3 | $240 | $0 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01007 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 B04 VIII | Serious | 1 | 1 | $240 | $100 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01008 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 E02 III | Serious | 1 | 1 | $240 | $100 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 01009 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 1 | 3 | $240 | $120 | Jul 14, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
| 02001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Repeat | 5 | 5 | $640 | $200 | Jul 29, 1984 | Jul 12, 1984 | - |
Feb 9, 1982#17171315Feb 9, 1982Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#17171315$54014 viol.14 violations$540 in penalties
Inspection #17171315
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 9, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 10, 1982
- Contested
- Mar 15, 1982
- Closed
- Feb 1, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 910
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 14
- Violation Types
- 13 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,400
- Penalties on Record
- $540
- Site Address
- 207 W 2nd St Po Box 288, West Liberty, IA 52776
- 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 14 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Serious | 1 | - | $350 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01001B | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01001C | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $180 | Apr 4, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01001D | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 D01 II | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 A | Serious | 1 | - | $210 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01003A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 4 | - | $280 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01003B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I | Serious | 3 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01003C | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 2 | - | $0 | $180 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01004A | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 G10 | Serious | 1 | - | $210 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
| 01004B | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 F06 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | Mar 15, 1982 | - |
Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 14 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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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.
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, 1982 to 1991. 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.