UNITED FARMERS MERCANTILE COOPERATIVE
203 200TH ST, RED OAK, IA 51566 · NAICS 424510 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
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Inspection records
Mar 7, 2023#346550015Mar 7, 2023Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#346550015$9,3245 viol.5 violations$9,324 in penalties
Inspection #346550015
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 7, 2023
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 15, 2023
- Final Order
- Jul 5, 2023
- Closed
- Jul 13, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 70
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $18,648
- Penalties on Record
- $9,324
- Site Address
- 203 200th St, Red Oak, IA 51566
- Industry
- 424510 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
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 (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 B07 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $9,324 | $4,662 | - | Jul 5, 2023 | |
| 01001B | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 D05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | - | Jul 5, 2023 | |
| 01001C | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 G03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | - | Jul 5, 2023 | |
| 01002A | 1910.25 Stairways OSHA citation code: 19100025 B01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $9,324 | $4,662 | - | Jul 5, 2023 | |
| 01002B | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 B01 I A | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | - | Jul 5, 2023 |
May 8, 2017#342308962May 8, 2017Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342308962$5,5005 viol.5 violations$5,500 in penalties
Inspection #342308962
Dates
- Opened
- May 8, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- May 8, 2017
- Final Order
- Jun 27, 2017
- Closed
- Aug 22, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,500
- Penalties on Record
- $5,500
- Site Address
- 203 200th St, Red Oak, IA 51566
- Industry
- 424510 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
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.
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 falls from top of railroad car to ground and is inj
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 88.4 OSHA citation code: 88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017) | Serious | 1 | 6 | $2,250 | $2,250 | Aug 18, 2017 | - | Jun 27, 2017 |
| 01002A | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 B05 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $1,625 | $1,625 | Aug 18, 2017 | - | Jun 27, 2017 |
| 01002B | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 B02 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Aug 18, 2017 | - | Jun 27, 2017 |
| 01002C | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 B13 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Aug 18, 2017 | - | Jun 27, 2017 |
| 01003 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01 I | Serious | 1 | 6 | $1,625 | $1,625 | Aug 18, 2017 | - | Jun 27, 2017 |
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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.
2 inspections, 2017 to 2023. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods, 16,240 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: farm product raw material merchant wholesalers reported 3.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.0%; NAICS 4245 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source