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UNITED STATES SUGAR CORP
$72,037
penalties
22
viol.
25
insp.

UNITED STATES SUGAR CORP

CLEWISTON SUGAR MILL, Clewiston, FL 33440

Inspections
25
Nov 1983 to Nov 2022 · 20 safety, 5 health
Violations
22
across 25 inspections
Penalties on record
$72,037
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 18Willful 0Repeat 0Other 4

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Inspection records

Jan 3, 2007Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#310214226$00 viol.

Inspection #310214226

Dates

Opened
Jan 3, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Jan 3, 2007
Closed
Jan 8, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,500

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1731 South Wc Owens Ave., Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
311312

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.

Feb 1, 2006Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#309429363$01 viol.

Inspection #309429363

Dates

Opened
Feb 1, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Feb 2, 2006
Closed
Apr 19, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,600
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
311312

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)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.151
Medical Services and First Aid
OSHA citation code: 19100151 C
Other310$0$0Apr 26, 2006--
Jan 25, 2006Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#309429009$19,61210 viol.

Inspection #309429009

Dates

Opened
Jan 25, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Feb 1, 2006
Closed
Jun 23, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
600
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
10
Violation Types
10 serious
Initial Penalties
$26,150
Penalties on Record
$19,612
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
311312

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 (5 of 10 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.132
Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01
Serious11$1,700$1,275Jun 2, 2006--
010021910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01
Serious22$5,000$3,750Jun 8, 2006--
010031910.151
Medical Services and First Aid
OSHA citation code: 19100151 C
Serious11$1,700$1,275Jun 8, 2006--
010041910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01
Serious12$2,975$2,231Jun 8, 2006--
010051910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 Q07
Serious11$1,700$1,275Jun 8, 2006--

Showing the 5 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.

Dec 27, 2005FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#309428845$7,0001 viol.

Inspection #309428845

Dates

Opened
Dec 27, 2005
Closing Conference Date
May 26, 2006
Closed
Jul 3, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,500
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$7,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
311312

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.

FatalityDec 10, 2005

Employee is killed when struck by rail car

Injury: OtherBody part: AbdomenSource: Train/Railroad EquipmentEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious12$7,000$7,000Jun 2, 2006--
Mar 8, 2004FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#307296376$00 viol.

Inspection #307296376

Dates

Opened
Mar 8, 2004
Closing Conference Date
Apr 15, 2004
Closed
Apr 15, 2004

Inspection

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

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Township 34 Lane 35, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
311311

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.

FatalityMar 3, 2004

Employee crushed and killed by harvesting machine

Injury: OtherBody part: ChestSource: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between
Feb 11, 2003FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#306176975$7,0001 viol.

Inspection #306176975

Dates

Opened
Feb 11, 2003
Closing Conference Date
May 22, 2003
Closed
Sep 8, 2003

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
3,000
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$7,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
111930

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.

FatalityFeb 4, 2003

Employees drown in canal on sugercane farm

Injury: OtherBody part: LungSource: WaterEvent: Other3 injury lines on this record

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Other17$7,000$7,000Sep 30, 2003--
Dec 27, 2002FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#305504748$00 viol.

Inspection #305504748

Dates

Opened
Dec 27, 2002
Closing Conference Date
Apr 17, 2003
Closed
Apr 28, 2003

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
3,000
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
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.

FatalityDec 26, 2002

Employee loses control of vehicle and drowns in canal

Injury: OtherBody part: LungSource: Motor Vehicle (Industrial)Event: Inhalation
Aug 10, 2000FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#303184949$14,0002 viol.

Inspection #303184949

Dates

Opened
Aug 10, 2000
Closing Conference Date
Jan 5, 2001
Closed
Jan 25, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
Yes
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
3
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$14,000
Penalties on Record
$14,000
Site Address
1731 South W.c. Owen, Clewiston, FL 33440
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 10, 2000

Electric shock - direct contact with energized parts

Injury: Electric ShockBody part: Hand(s)Source: Electrical Apparatus/WiringEvent: Shock

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.254
Arc Welding and Cutting
OSHA citation code: 19100254 A03
Serious33$7,000$7,000Jan 18, 2001--
010021910.254
Arc Welding and Cutting
OSHA citation code: 19100254 D09 III
Serious33$7,000$7,000Jan 18, 2001--
Jun 3, 1992Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#108995267$00 viol.

Inspection #108995267

Dates

Opened
Jun 3, 1992
Closing Conference Date
Jun 3, 1992
Closed
Jul 13, 1992

Inspection

Advance Notice
Yes
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
111 Ponce De Leon Ave, Clewiston, FL 33440
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Apr 29, 1988FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#106106495$2001 viol.

Inspection #106106495

Dates

Opened
Apr 29, 1988
Closing Conference Date
Apr 29, 1988
Closed
Jul 8, 1988

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,000
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$400
Penalties on Record
$200
Site Address
Approx. 1 Mi. W. Of Us 27 On Sr 80, Clewiston, FL 33440
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.

FatalityApr 27, 1988

Employee killed when tractor rolled over onto him

Injury: OtherBody part: MultipleSource: Materials Handling EquipmentEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011928.57
Guarding of Farm Field Equipment, Farmstead Equipment, and Cotton Gins
OSHA citation code: 19280057 A06 II
Serious11$400$200Jun 5, 1988--
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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

5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)4 citations · $20,875
1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks3 citations · $4,631
1928.57Guarding of Farm Field Equipment, Farmstead Equipment, and Cotton Gins3 citations · $15,825

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