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WOMACK BROTHERS
$8,000
penalties
4
viol.
2
insp.

WOMACK BROTHERS

8TH STREET & CHESTNUT STREET, BREESE, IL 62230

Inspections
2
Mar 1996 to Aug 1996 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
4
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$8,000
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 2Other 1

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Inspection records

Aug 9, 1996FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#300602943$1,0001 viol.

Inspection #300602943

Dates

Opened
Aug 9, 1996
Closing Conference Date
Oct 7, 1996
Closed
Apr 30, 1998

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
8
Related Activity
1 referral, 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$2,000
Penalties on Record
$1,000
Site Address
Behind Breese District 12 Grade School, Breese, IL 62230
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.

FatalityAug 8, 1996

Employee killed when exposed to toxic gas in sewer

Injury: AsphyxiaBody part: Body SystemSource: GasesEvent: Inhalation

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.21
Safety Training and Education
OSHA citation code: 19260021 B06
Serious22$2,000$1,000Nov 1, 1996--
Mar 29, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#106558125$7,0003 viol.

Inspection #106558125

Dates

Opened
Mar 29, 1996
Closing Conference Date
Apr 19, 1996
Contested
May 13, 1996
Final Order
Jul 18, 1997
Closed
Apr 30, 1998

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
6
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
2 repeat, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$21,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
8th Street & Chestnut Street, Breese, IL 62230
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 (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
020011926.652
Excavations - Protection of Employees
OSHA citation code: 19260652 A01
Other12$14,000$0Apr 25, 1996May 13, 1996Jul 18, 1997
03001A1926.21
Safety Training and Education
OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02
Repeat13$7,000$7,000Apr 25, 1996May 13, 1996Jul 18, 1997
03001B1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 K01
Repeat13$0$0Apr 25, 1996May 13, 1996Jul 18, 1997
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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.

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.

Standards cited

1926.21Safety Training and Education2 citations · $8,000
1926.651Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements1 citation · $0
1926.652Excavations - Protection of Employees1 citation · $0

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