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AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR

121 HIGHWAY 81 NE, HILLSBORO, ND, 58045
Operated by American Crystal Sugar Company · 1 of 10 establishments
311313Beet Sugar Manufacturing
EIN 840004720

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OSHA inspections
30
over 50 years
Violations
111
$35,071 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 7 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR has accumulated 111 OSHA violations across 30 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $35,071 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
30
0.6 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
111
2.2 / yr
Penalties
$35,071
$316 avg / violation
52% serious48% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 30
Inspection trigger · planned
8 of 30

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 13 inspections producing serious-or-greater 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 49 citations in this view · $31,951 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000173$2,656Oct 1984Sep 2009
29 CFR 1910.0132 A55$1,887Dec 1978Apr 2009
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0144$440Feb 1989Apr 2009
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0944$35Nov 1975Feb 1989
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0133$1,263Feb 1989Apr 2009
29 CFR 1910.0141 A03 II33$475Dec 1978Nov 1979
29 CFR 1910.0165 B0222$4,750May 2004Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$1,273Feb 1989Apr 2009
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$640Nov 1979Feb 1989
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000422$180Nov 1979Nov 1980
29 CFR 1910.0252 E02 IC22$180Dec 1978Nov 1979
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000522$180Dec 1978Nov 1979
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0122Feb 1989Apr 2009
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22Nov 1975Nov 1991
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 05020422Nov 1979Nov 1980
29 CFR 1910.0028 B03 II11$9,930Sep 2025Sep 2025
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0211$2,625Jul 1998Jul 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11$2,500May 2004May 2004
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0211$1,875Oct 2008Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0036 E0111$1,062Apr 2009Apr 2009

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.

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.

DART rate
2.6
vs industry
−2.0
TRIR
3.9
vs industry
−2.9

Reported for 304 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

Industry avg TRIR
6.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
4.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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

Planned
8
Complaint
9
Accident
2
Referral
4

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) · Feb 2018 – Apr 2025 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Apr 19, 2025Contact with hot objects or substancesPart of body unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 19, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Feb 23, 2018Contact with hot objects or substancesFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Sep 21, 1984CLEANING,GAS,SHUT-OFF VALVE,CARBON DIOXIDE,GAS LEAK,CARBON MONOXIDEFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
2 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in ND — for American Crystal Sugar Company, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other American Crystal Sugar Company locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-137845Unfair labor practiceOct 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-04-02Monitoring0$0
2026-02-10Monitoring0$0
2025-04-24Referral21$9,930
2008-12-09Planned2218$6,375
2008-06-19Referral42$5,060
2004-08-17Follow-up2$0
2004-04-28Complaint21$531
2003-11-18Complaint77$5,000
1998-06-18Complaint1$2,625
1991-11-06Complaint6$600
1991-06-25Follow-up1$0
1991-02-05Referral55$450
1990-01-11Follow-up0$0
1989-01-18Complaint2418$910
1986-10-07Referral1$0
1986-01-17Complaint0$0
1985-10-17Follow-up0$0
1984-09-21Accident53$640
1983-01-04Complaint1$0
1982-01-13Accident11$245
1980-10-29Planned5$0
1980-10-09Planned0$0
1979-11-27Planned7$1,540
1979-03-28Complaint0$0
1979-03-27Complaint2$295
1978-12-07Planned72$800
1978-04-10Planned0$0
1978-04-10Follow-up0$0
1978-02-08Planned0$0
1975-10-22Planned6$70

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR is one of 10 establishments rolled up under the parent organization American Crystal Sugar Company.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of American Crystal Sugar Company across all 10 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup American Crystal Sugar Company, which operates 10 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR's OSHA violation history?
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR has 30 OSHA inspections on record with 111 violations and $35,071.25 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR's safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR operates in the beet sugar manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 6.8. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR's self-reported DART rate is 2.61 compared to an industry average of 4.6.
Has AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR.