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SQUARE H BRANDS INC
$3,840
penalties
7
viol.
2
insp.

SQUARE H BRANDS INC

2731 S SOTO ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90023NAICS 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Inspections
2
Jun 2000 to Nov 2006 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
7
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$3,840
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 6

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Inspection records

Nov 6, 2006Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#307170183$3,6005 viol.

Inspection #307170183

Dates

Opened
Nov 6, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Jan 31, 2007
Final Order
May 11, 2007
Closed
Jun 5, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
150
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
5
Violation Types
1 serious, 4 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$6,000
Penalties on Record
$3,600
Site Address
2731 S Soto St, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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.

AmputationNov 1, 2006

Worker injures hand, fails to implement lockout procedures

Injury: AmputationBody part: Finger(s)Source: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001461
Permits to Operate
OSHA citation code: 461 C
Other210$375$300Mar 5, 2007-May 11, 2007
010023314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 H
Other110$750$0Mar 5, 2007-May 11, 2007
010033314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 J01
Other110$750$0Mar 5, 2007-May 11, 2007
010043314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 C
Other11$750$600Mar 5, 2007-May 11, 2007
020014075
Gears and Sprockets
OSHA citation code: 4075 A
Serious12$3,375$2,700Feb 10, 2007-May 11, 2007
Jun 22, 2000Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#300775277$2402 viol.

Inspection #300775277

Dates

Opened
Jun 22, 2000
Closing Conference Date
Nov 20, 2000
Closed
Mar 7, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
150
Related Activity
1 complaint, 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$900
Penalties on Record
$240
Site Address
2731 S Soto St, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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.

AmputationMay 22, 2000

Employee's fingertip amputated in chain and sprocket drive

Injury: AmputationBody part: Finger(s)Source: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010013314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 F
Other110$600$240Jan 26, 2001--
010023314
The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout
OSHA citation code: 3314 H03
Other110$300$0Jan 26, 2001--
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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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.

Standards cited

3314The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout5 citations · $840
4075Gears and Sprockets1 citation · $2,700
461Permits to Operate1 citation · $300

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer3.5
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,920
Industry average$3,488

Food Manufacturing, 24,362 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: animal (except poultry) slaughtering reported 4.0 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 3.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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