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ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.

4666 E. FARIES PKWY, DECATUR, IL, 62525
Operated by Austin Maintenance & Construction · 1 of 13 establishments
311221Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing
EIN 752402772

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OSHA inspections
45
over 53 years
Violations
208
$69,120 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 fatalities · 5 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 6 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. has accumulated 208 OSHA violations across 45 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $69,120 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
45
0.8 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
208
3.9 / yr
Penalties
$69,120
$332 avg / violation
40% serious60% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
20 of 45
Inspection trigger · follow-up
11 of 45

56% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 19 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 · 80 citations in this view · $23,505 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000184$4,895Feb 1979May 1998
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0187$4,740Jun 1973Jul 1991
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0388$2,185Mar 1976Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0166$1,435Jun 1973Jul 1989
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0244$490Aug 1977Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0144$450Aug 1977Apr 1982
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 05020443$400Jun 1978Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0025 D01 X44$50Jun 1973Apr 1982
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0944Jun 1973Apr 1982
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0133$1,200Aug 1977Feb 1979
29 CFR 1910.0068 B08 I33$1,080Jun 1973Jun 1979
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02504533$260Jun 1973Feb 1979
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0433$200Jun 1973Feb 1979
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0832$200Jun 1973Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0933Feb 1979Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0022 C33Jun 1973Apr 1982
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I33Jun 1973Apr 1982
29 CFR 1910.0134 B0322$2,800Jan 1981May 1998
29 CFR 1910.1000 C22$2,120Jul 1978Jan 1981
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22$1,000Jul 1991May 1992

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3112 within IL. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 208 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
94th
peer median: $4,675
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
0.2
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
0.5
vs industry
−1.7

Reported for 828 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
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.5
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
4
Complaint
20
Accident
5
Referral
2

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) · May 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

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
May 22, 2015Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
Feb 10, 2008ENCLOSED SPACE,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ASPHYXIATED,VAPOR,AIR CONDITIONER,LAB WORKER,CHEMICAL VAPOR,CARBON MONOXIDEFatality42
Jan 10, 1998BURN,WORK RULES,FIRE,FEED MILL,EXPLOSION,DRYING FURNACE,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,GRAIN DUST55

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
10 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 200511

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

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. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Dec 2004 – Jan 2005Soybean ProcessingFMLA11

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 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for Austin Maintenance & Construction, not this location alone

Total cases
51
Unfair labor practice
47
Representation (union)
4

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 Austin Maintenance & Construction 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.). 51 cases · 47 ULP · 4 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
25-CA-373436Unfair labor practiceSep 2025OpenRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-373429Unfair labor practiceSep 2025OpenRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-368722Unfair labor practiceJul 2025OpenRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-336154Unfair labor practiceFeb 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-333769Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Jun 2024ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-326425Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Mar 2024ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-310098Unfair labor practiceJan 2023Mar 2023ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-297793Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-296816Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-287558Unfair labor practiceDec 2021OpenRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-284081Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-272539Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Jun 2021ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-272509Unfair labor practiceFeb 2021Jun 2021ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-271042Unfair labor practiceJan 2021Feb 2021ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-269970Unfair labor practiceDec 2020Sep 2025ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-268786Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Nov 2020ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-239863Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Jun 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-217642Unfair labor practiceApr 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-210281Unfair labor practiceNov 2017Dec 2017ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-203101Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Aug 2017ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-202169Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Sep 2017ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-202022Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Sep 2017ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-161353Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-161340Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Jan 2016ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-159180Representation electionSep 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-158456Representation electionAug 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-RC-115392Representation electionOct 2013Dec 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-110526Unfair labor practiceAug 2013Oct 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-108224Unfair labor practiceJun 2013Jul 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-096077Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Jan 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-095991Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Apr 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-095902Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Mar 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-095898Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Apr 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-095887Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Jan 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-094148Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Aug 2013ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
14-CA-074202Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Jun 2013ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-067498Unfair labor practiceOct 2011Sep 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
33-CA-016236Unfair labor practiceMar 2011Apr 2011ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-RC-005181Representation electionMar 2011Jun 2011ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-016079Unfair labor practiceAug 2010Oct 2010ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-016069Unfair labor practiceAug 2010Sep 2010ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-016068Unfair labor practiceAug 2010Sep 2010ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015813Unfair labor practiceMay 2009Jan 2010ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015810Unfair labor practiceMay 2009Jun 2009ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015804Unfair labor practiceMay 2009Jun 2009ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015803Unfair labor practiceMay 2009Jul 2009ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015729Unfair labor practiceNov 2008Jan 2010ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-014627Unfair labor practiceMay 2004Jan 2005ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-014626Unfair labor practiceMay 2004Jan 2005ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-014019Unfair labor practiceJul 2002Dec 2003ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-013175Unfair labor practiceNov 1999Mar 2001ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

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 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
2
Total payments
$9.6M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2008-03-20. Most recent: 2013-12-20. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $100,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Archer Daniels Midland Company
Archer Daniels Midland Co. · ADM
Mar 2008pleaEnvironmentalTennessee - Eastern$100,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-12-15Complaint0$0
2013-02-07Unprogrammed Related22$7,000
2008-05-30Complaint0$0
2008-02-11Accident0$0
2007-03-26Unprogrammed Related0$0
2006-08-14Complaint0$0
2004-10-28Complaint33$3,500
2003-09-11Complaint0$0
2003-08-15Complaint1$700
1998-01-11Accident33$11,000
1993-11-18Unprogrammed Related32$14,500
1992-05-04Complaint3$4,000
1991-08-20Complaint0$0
1991-05-02Referral41$4,975
1990-03-20Accident2$360
1989-05-12Planned96$1,755
1987-10-14Planned2$0
1984-06-11Referral85$890
1982-09-30Follow-up0$0
1982-05-27Planned0$0
1982-03-09Planned3113$2,570
1982-01-06Accident22$280
1981-02-13Follow-up0$0
1981-02-06Complaint22$100
1980-11-25Complaint0$0
1980-11-25Complaint11$180
1980-10-28Follow-up42$1,700
1980-10-01Follow-up0$0
1980-08-04Complaint2$400
1980-07-08Follow-up0$0
1980-06-24Follow-up0$0
1980-05-02Follow-up0$0
1980-04-10Follow-up2$800
1979-05-23Follow-up1$700
1978-12-12Complaint3927$5,070
1978-03-23Complaint226$5,550
1978-03-23Complaint33$1,200
1978-02-07Complaint0$0
1977-10-05Follow-up0$0
1977-07-12Complaint196$1,800
1976-06-16Accident0$0
1975-12-30Complaint1$0
1975-11-05Complaint0$0
1973-08-27Follow-up0$0
1973-05-21Complaint39$90

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Austin Maintenance & Construction.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Austin Maintenance & Construction across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. 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 Austin Maintenance & Construction, which operates 13 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 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.'s OSHA violation history?
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. has 45 OSHA inspections on record with 208 violations and $69,120 in total penalties.
How does ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. operates in the wet corn milling and starch manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.2. ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.23 compared to an industry average of 1.1.
Has ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 4 fatality investigations involving ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO..