BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE
RT 3 HWY 70, GRANTSBURG, WI 54840
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Inspection records
Oct 17, 2018#343544748Oct 17, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#343544748$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343544748
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 17, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 17, 2018
- Closed
- Nov 2, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 237
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 25, 2018#343493185Sep 25, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#343493185$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343493185
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 25, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 25, 2018
- Closed
- Sep 28, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 200
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 26, 2017#342058484Jan 26, 2017Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#342058484$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342058484
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 26, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 26, 2017
- Closed
- Apr 17, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 200
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 31, 2015#340818343Jul 31, 2015Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#340818343$4,8501 viol.1 violation$4,850 in penalties
Inspection #340818343
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 31, 2015
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 31, 2015
- Final Order
- Oct 13, 2015
- Closed
- Oct 23, 2015
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 204
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,930
- Penalties on Record
- $4,850
- Site Address
- 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 A03 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $6,930 | $4,850 | Oct 15, 2015 | - | Oct 13, 2015 |
Nov 21, 2014#340099464Nov 21, 2014FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#340099464$112,52013 viol.13 violations$112,520 in penalties
Inspection #340099464
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 21, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 2, 2014
- Final Order
- May 27, 2015
- Closed
- Jun 27, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 204
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 13
- Violation Types
- 10 serious, 2 willful, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $193,200
- Penalties on Record
- $112,520
- Site Address
- 11631 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.
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 asphyxiates when engulfed by corn within a silo bin
Violations
Violation list (7 of 13 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $6,300 | $5,000 | Oct 25, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
| 01001B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D09 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Oct 25, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
| 01001C | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 E01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Oct 25, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
| 01002 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $6,300 | $5,040 | Oct 25, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
| 01003 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 7 | $6,300 | $5,040 | - | May 27, 2015 | |
| 01004 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 I A | Serious | 1 | 7 | $6,300 | $5,040 | Jul 31, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
| 01005 | 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities OSHA citation code: 19100272 E01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $7,000 | $5,600 | Oct 25, 2015 | - | May 27, 2015 |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 13 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Apr 24, 2013#339030074Apr 24, 2013Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#339030074$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #339030074
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 24, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 24, 2013
- Closed
- Apr 24, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 180
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 11679 State Rd. 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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.
Nov 25, 1985#2489623Nov 25, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#2489623$15010 viol.10 violations$150 in penalties
Inspection #2489623
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 25, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 25, 1985
- Closed
- Jan 24, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 8 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $350
- Penalties on Record
- $150
- Site Address
- Rt 3 Hwy 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840
- 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 (7 of 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 4 | 2 | $200 | $100 | Jan 9, 1986 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $150 | $50 | Jan 9, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 9, 1986 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 F01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 23, 1986 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 L | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 9, 1986 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A04 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Dec 9, 1985 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Dec 9, 1985 | - | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 10 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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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.
7 inspections, 1985 to 2018. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: cheese manufacturing reported 4.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 5.4%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source