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WHOLESTONE FARMS, INC.
$11,000
penalties
1
viol.
4
insp.

WHOLESTONE FARMS, INC.

900 SOUTH PLATTE AVE., FREMONT, NE 68025NAICS 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Inspections
4
Dec 2019 to Nov 2023 · 2 safety, 2 health
Violations
1
across 4 inspections
Penalties on record
$11,000
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology

Inspection records

Nov 16, 2023Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#347107856$11,0001 viol.

Inspection #347107856

Dates

Opened
Nov 16, 2023
Closing Conference Date
Dec 14, 2023
Final Order
Jan 26, 2024
Closed
Feb 21, 2024

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,300
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$15,625
Penalties on Record
$11,000
Site Address
900 South Platte Ave., Fremont, NE 68025
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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
010011910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 D04 I
Serious11$15,625$11,000Feb 20, 2024-Jan 26, 2024
Apr 28, 2021Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#345283931$00 viol.

Inspection #345283931

Dates

Opened
Apr 28, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Apr 28, 2021
Closed
May 5, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,200

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
900 South Platte Ave., Fremont, NE 68025
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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 28, 2020FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Health#344765409$00 viol.

Inspection #344765409

Dates

Opened
May 28, 2020
Closing Conference Date
May 28, 2020
Closed
Dec 29, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,300
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
900 South Platte Ave., Fremont, NE 68025
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

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 19, 2020

Employee with covid-19 infection dies

Event: Other
Dec 12, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344505193$00 viol.

Inspection #344505193

Dates

Opened
Dec 12, 2019
Closing Conference Date
Apr 7, 2020
Closed
Apr 30, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,370
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
900 South Platte Ave., Fremont, NE 68025
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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.

Dec 5, 2019

Employee suffers fingertip amputation in roller conveyor

Event: Caught In or Between
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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.

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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.

Standards cited

1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)1 citation · $11,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.3
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$2,750
Industry average$3,511

Food Manufacturing, 23,612 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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