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BECTON DICKINSON & CO.

1329 WEST HIGHWAY #6, HOLDREGE, NE, 68949
Operated by BECTON DICKINSON & CO · 1 of 82 establishments
325412Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 36 years
Violations
22
$84,900 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

BECTON DICKINSON & CO. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 36 years of recorded history, with $84,900 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 15 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 86th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BECTON DICKINSON & CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 36 yrs
Violations
22
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$84,900
$3,859 avg / violation
86% serious14% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 4
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 4

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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 · 20 citations in this view · $84,900 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$30,600Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$4,500Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$4,500Jun 2001Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0024 H11$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II11$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0178 G0211$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0311$3,700Apr 2016Apr 2016
5A000111$900Nov 1989Nov 1989
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A11Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV D11Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Apr 2016Apr 2016

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

93rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3254 within NE. Peer group: 15 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
86th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
1
Complaint
1
Accident
1
Referral
1

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) · Oct 2015 – Dec 2020 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
Dec 9, 2020Fall on same level due to tripping over an objectHip(s)Hospitalized
Oct 22, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Oct 13, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(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
Mar 7, 2001E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LOCKOUT,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISCFatality11

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)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. 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 BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BECTON DICKINSON & CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO (across 46 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$407.9M
Obligated (all-time)
$1.4B
Awards (all-time)
26,955

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-10-20Referral1715$75,000
2012-12-13Planned0$0
2001-03-08Accident43$9,000
1989-09-12Complaint11$900

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BECTON DICKINSON & CO. is one of 82 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BECTON DICKINSON & CO.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BECTON DICKINSON & CO across all 82 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing within NE, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BECTON DICKINSON & 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 BECTON DICKINSON & CO, which operates 82 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 BECTON DICKINSON & CO.'s OSHA violation history?
BECTON DICKINSON & CO. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $84,900 in total penalties.
How does BECTON DICKINSON & CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
BECTON DICKINSON & CO. operates in the pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4.
Has BECTON DICKINSON & CO. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving BECTON DICKINSON & CO..