Back to you. Community comes together. Thank you for immersing investigates in the background of this production facility. The district records were built 60 years ago. Bill Schammt from KETV Newswatch Seven continues our team reporting. INVOICE. GOOD EVENING. Julie. Rob. We spent the afternoon combing through County, State- and Osha recordings. This is before and after the building to your left. A picture of the Dodge County Assessor who took up in April 2024. And on the right a picture shortly after the explosion from the Megan Pool. County Records show that this was first built in 1965. According to Horizon Biokofuel's Facebook page, the company makes various types of animal beds, heating pellets and smoking pellets to cook. More information from the county. The building has a value of around 600,000 US dollars and is located on a four hectare property. It is classified as a storage camp with about 20,000 feet. The business documents submitted in the state show that it has an active status here in Nebraska since 2006. We have found an Osha complaint. This was from 2012 and included five serious violations. Those who have not been ensured from an appropriate energy control program to the fact that all employees were properly trained for the use of heavy devices, right down to cleaning wood dust to avoid fire hazards. But that was still 13 years ago. At that time, the company was fined with a fine of 6,000 US dollars. I called the local Osha office to see if you have initiated an investigation. They referred me to the national office that con deed
Explosion: Horizon -Biofustüfen Before 5 serious Osha violations cited
The violations come from a complaint from 2012 and contain improper energy storage.
Updated: 18:09 PM CDT July 29, 2025
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The investigators are still trying to determine the cause behind an explosion at Horizon Biokofuel's Inc., in which three people were missing on July 29. Read more: Three people who were missing for the explosion at Horizon Biocofuel and were not taken into account looked after the company was recorded with Osha. A reasonable energy control program cannot determine and maintain. The employer does not ensure that all employees who are powered, industrial vehicles in the facility in accordance with this sub -section if the employees do not receive any training to operate the operation of the mixing abuse, which is not to be prevented that the operating machine makers makers failure fails. The wooden dust does not apply, the employer cannot develop a written hazard communication program, implement and/or maintain, as explained in this sub -section. In the institution, the employer does not protect workers from potential chemical exposure risks, which were enclosed with the implementation of hazcom training by Hazcom -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Bio -Hazcoms. No further problems were found at Osha. According to a Facebook post from 2023, the company produces “all types of animal bed linen from small sprinkles, pellets to dirty animal beds. We also have premium heating pellets and smoking pellets: oak, apple, cherry, mesquite, hickory, pecan. 580,000 US dollars less than in 2023.
The investigators are still trying to determine the cause of an explosion at Horizon Biokfuel Inc., in which three people were missing on July 29.
Read more: Three people who missed Horizon Biefuel in Fremont for the explosion in the Plant Horizon Biefuel
KETV Investigates examined the company's record with Osha and found that five serious violations from a complaint submitted in 2012 were due.
After the complaint, the violations include:
- In the entire facility, the employer cannot define and maintain an appropriate energy control program.
- The employer cannot ensure
- Cleanliness in terms of work machines was not maintained to prevent fire hazards: In the mill and basement area of the facility, the employer does not ensure that wood dust will not accumulate
- In the entire facility, the employer cannot develop, implement and/or maintain a written hazard communication program, as described in this sub -section.
- In the facility, the employer does not protect the employees from potential dangers for chemical exposure, which are associated with the not carrying out of the required hazcom training courses
Horizon biofuels initially received a penalty of $ 12,000, but opted for $ 6,000. No further problems were found at Osha.
According to a Facebook post from 2023, the company “all types of animal beds from small sprinkles, pellets to dirty animal beds. We also have premium heating pellets and smoking pellets: oak, apple, cherry, mesquite, hickory, pecan, Maple and Mulberry”.
The warehouse is located on about four hectares of land and takes up more than 20,000 square foot. According to Dodge County Records, the total property has a value of around 580,000 US dollars, which is less than 100,000 US dollars less than the value of 2023.
State Business Records show that Horizon Biofuels were recorded in Nebraska in Nebraska in 2006.
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