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JERRY G WILLIAMS & SONS INC
$17,325
penalties
57
viol.
5
insp.

JERRY G WILLIAMS & SONS INC

524 BROGDEN ROAD, SMITHFIELD, NC 27577

Inspections
5
May 1993 to Jun 2008 · 3 safety, 2 health
Violations
57
across 5 inspections
Penalties on record
$17,325
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 32Willful 0Repeat 0Other 25

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Inspection records

Jun 13, 2008Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#311936983$3753 viol.

Inspection #311936983

Dates

Opened
Jun 13, 2008
Closing Conference Date
Jun 13, 2008
Closed
Aug 8, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
81
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$375
Penalties on Record
$375
Site Address
524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, NC 27577
Industry
321113 Sawmills

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
010011910.184
Slings
OSHA citation code: 19100184 C01
Serious23$375$375Jun 23, 2008--
020011910.253
Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting
OSHA citation code: 19100253 B02
Other11$0$0Jun 23, 2008--
020021910.253
Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting
OSHA citation code: 19100253 B04 I
Other11$0$0Jun 23, 2008--
Jun 13, 2008Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Health#311936173$00 viol.

Inspection #311936173

Dates

Opened
Jun 13, 2008
Closing Conference Date
Jun 13, 2008
Closed
Jul 8, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
81

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, NC 27577
Industry
321113 Sawmills

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.

May 18, 2004FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, Health#307897827$6,48014 viol.

Inspection #307897827

Dates

Opened
May 18, 2004
Closing Conference Date
Aug 26, 2004
Closed
May 4, 2005

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
142
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
14
Violation Types
6 serious, 8 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$7,550
Penalties on Record
$6,480
Site Address
524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, NC 27577
Industry
321113 Sawmills

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.

FatalityMay 17, 2004

Employee is killed when engulfed by sawdust in a silo

Injury: AsphyxiaBody part: Body SystemSource: Dust/Particles/ChipsEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (10 of 14 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.95
Occupational Noise Exposure
OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01
Serious44$1,050$840Dec 13, 2004--
01001B1910.95
Occupational Noise Exposure
OSHA citation code: 19100095 D01
Serious1130$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
01002A1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C02
Serious13$4,200$4,200Oct 28, 2004--
01002B1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04
Serious12$0$0Oct 28, 2004--
01002C1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01
Serious13$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
010031910.151
Medical Services and First Aid
OSHA citation code: 19100151 C
Serious12$300$240Oct 28, 2004--
020011904.39
Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye
OSHA citation code: 19040039 A
Other11$2,000$1,200Oct 28, 2004--
020021910.132
Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100132 D02
Other1130$0$0Oct 28, 2004--
02003A1910.1052
Methylene Chloride
OSHA citation code: 19101052 D02
Other13$0$0Oct 28, 2004--
02003B1910.1052
Methylene Chloride
OSHA citation code: 19101052 L01
Other13$0$0Oct 28, 2004--

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.

May 18, 2004Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Safety#307546218$8,72034 viol.

Inspection #307546218

Dates

Opened
May 18, 2004
Closing Conference Date
May 24, 2004
Closed
Dec 23, 2004

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
142
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
34
Violation Types
20 serious, 14 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$15,900
Penalties on Record
$8,720
Site Address
524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, NC 27577
Industry
321113 Sawmills

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.

Violations

Violation list (10 of 34 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010019501.2901Serious33$1,000$800Nov 19, 2004--
010029501.2901Serious12$1,000$800Dec 13, 2004--
01003A1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I
Serious36$3,500$2,800Dec 13, 2004--
01003B1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II
Serious36$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
01003C1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C05 II
Serious36$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
01003D1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C06 I
Serious36$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
01003E1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 IIIB
Serious36$0$0Dec 13, 2004--
010041910.22
Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100022 D01
Serious33$500$0Nov 19, 2004--
01005A1910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01
Serious48$1,000$0Nov 19, 2004--
01005B1910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03
Serious27$0$0Nov 19, 2004--

Showing the 10 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 34 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

May 12, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111091740$1,7506 viol.

Inspection #111091740

Dates

Opened
May 12, 1993
Closing Conference Date
May 12, 1993
Closed
Jul 13, 1993

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
110

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
6
Violation Types
5 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$1,750
Penalties on Record
$1,750
Site Address
524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, NC 27577
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 (6 of 6 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01
Serious210$875$875Jul 6, 1993--
01001B1910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 Q07
Serious210$0$0Jul 6, 1993--
01002A1910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01
Serious16$875$875Jul 6, 1993--
01002B1910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I
Serious16$0$0Jul 6, 1993--
01002C1910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03
Serious26$0$0Jul 6, 1993--
020011910.305
Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment
OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02
Other21$0$0Jul 6, 1993--
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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

1910.305Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment9 citations · $0
1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)5 citations · $2,800
1910.219Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus5 citations · $1,675

Industry comparison

BLS 2024 survey: sawmills reported 4.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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