Establishment profile
ACORN FARMS INC
7679 WORTHINGTON ROAD, GALENA, OH, 43021
Operated by Acorn Farms
111421 — Nursery and Tree Production
EIN 310986421
Summary
ACORN FARMS INC has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 19 years of recorded history, with $25,617 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 77th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 31 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
ACORN FARMS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $25,617 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C01 | 1 | 1 | $8,539 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I | 1 | 1 | $8,539 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $8,539 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Above average violations in NAICS 1114 within OH. Peer group: 31 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 21 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Mar 2023
Most frequent event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2023 | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Hand(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 2 cases · $0 in backwages
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2006 – Jun 2008 | Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| Mar 2006 – Aug 2006 | Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating | — | — | 0 | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ACORN FARMS INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for ACORN FARMS INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for ACORN FARMS INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ACORN FARMS INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACORN FARMS 7679 WORTHINGTON RD · GALENA, OH, 43021 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2004 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for ACORN FARMS INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-28 | Referral | 5 | 5 | $25,617 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
ACORN FARMS INC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Acorn Farms.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Acorn Farms across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in nursery and tree production within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- WILLOWBEND NURSERY, INC.PERRY — 2 federal enforcement records
- KLYN NURSERIES, INC.PERRY — 2 federal enforcement records
- LAKE COUNTY NURSERYPERRY — 2 federal enforcement records
- CM BROWN NURSERIES, INC.PERRY — 2 federal enforcement records
- Briar Rose NurseriesPerry — 2 federal enforcement records
- Decker's Nursery, Inc.Groveport — 1 federal enforcement record
- BERRYHILL NURSERY, INC. DBA MONROVIA GROWERS OF OHSPRINGFIELD — 1 federal enforcement record
- Davis Tree Farm and NurseryValley City — 1 federal enforcement record
- Secor's NurseryPerry — 1 federal enforcement record
- Hobby NurseryLoudonville — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Acorn Farms locationsParent rollup
- Nursery and Tree ProductionAll employers in this industry
- Employers in OHState-wide enforcement data
- Nursery and Tree in OHIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ACORN FARMS INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is ACORN FARMS INC's OSHA violation history?
- ACORN FARMS INC has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 5 violations and $25,617 in total penalties.
- How does ACORN FARMS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- ACORN FARMS INC operates in the nursery and tree production industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.6. ACORN FARMS INC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.2.