WELCH FOODS INC is a fruit and vegetable canning employer in LAWTON, MI. Federal records show 8 OSHA inspections with 33 violations and $11,515 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 3, 2026.
WELCH FOODS INC
400 WALKER STREET, LAWTON, MI, 49065
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Industry context
Within the fruit and vegetable canning industry in MI, WELCH FOODS INC ranks in the 97th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 101 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 89th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 88th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 3.2 for the fruit and vegetable canning sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 2.2.
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- What is WELCH FOODS INC's OSHA violation history?
- WELCH FOODS INC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 33 violations and $11,515 in total penalties.
- How does WELCH FOODS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- WELCH FOODS INC operates in the fruit and vegetable canning industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.2.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WELCH FOODS INC of LAWTON, MI from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 4 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, EPA ECHO environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations cases, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 13 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 3, 2026.
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