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BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.

1000 HORTON STREET, BRENHAM, TX, 77833
Operated by Blue Bell Creameries · 1 of 8 establishments
311520Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
EIN 742983269

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OSHA inspections
5
over 51 years
Violations
31
$15,450 in penalties
Penalties
$15,450
$498 avg

Summary

BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. has accumulated 31 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $15,450 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 113,794 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 31 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. appears in OSHA workplace safety, FMCSA motor carrier registration, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records 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), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
31
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$15,450
$498 avg / violation
61% serious39% other
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 5
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 5

80% 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 · 21 citations in this view · $15,450 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0421$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11$2,250Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$1,875Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$1,875Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411$1,500Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$1,350Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$1,125Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111$1,125Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$1,125Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0211$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0213 C0111$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0111$210Jul 1984Jul 1984
29 CFR 1910.0215 D0411$30Apr 1975Apr 1975
29 CFR 1910.0106 G03 IVD011$30Apr 1975Apr 1975
29 CFR 1910.0024 H11$30Apr 1975Apr 1975
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11Jun 1995Jun 1995

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3115 within TX. Peer group: 113,794 employers. This establishment has 31 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 1

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
4.4
vs industry
+1.4
TRIR
4.6
vs industry
+0.4

Reported for 816 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
4.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.6
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
3
Complaint
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) · Feb 2024

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact

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
Feb 23, 2024Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contactOther finger(s) n.e.c.Amputation

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

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
31 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 31+ years. Most recent activity: 31 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 BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.. 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 BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BLUE BELL CREAMERIES
1101 S HORTON ST · BRENHAM, TX, 77833
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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)

DOT number
119456
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$17.3M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Food

First case: 2020-09-23. Most recent: 2020-09-23. 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 · $17,250,125 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Sep 2020pleaFoodTexas - Western,USDOJ - Civil Division - Consumer Protection Branch$17,250,125No

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.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$17.8M
Awards
30
Top agency
Department of Defense
$17.8M
Company-wide — BLUE BELL CREAMERIES LP (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$17.8M
Awards (all-time)
33

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

Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2012-09-30
    $1,096,776
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2012-06-30
    $1,057,344
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2011-09-30
    $1,044,376
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE
    contract · Last action 2008-08-31
    $1,005,365
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2009-09-30
    $965,399
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2011-06-30
    $939,038
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2010-09-30
    $919,440
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2012-03-31
    $918,838
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2009-06-30
    $916,219
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2011-12-31
    $911,109
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2010-08-31
    $887,312
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2009-03-31
    $801,574
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2010-12-31
    $787,224
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2009-12-31
    $774,106
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2011-03-31
    $771,090
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2008-12-31
    $747,865
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2010-03-31
    $720,599
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE
    contract · Last action 2008-05-31
    $567,413
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE
    contract · Last action 2007-11-30
    $514,495
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE
    contract · Last action 2008-03-31
    $500,791
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-GENERAL LINE GROCERY
    contract · Last action 2008-01-31
    $462,167
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE - ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2008-09-30
    $445,456
  • Department of Defense
    4610018139!MARKET FRESH DIV-PHILA
    contract · Last action 2015-04-23
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4610009946!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDING DIV-PHI
    contract · Last action 2014-04-27
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4600073676!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDING DIV-PHILADELPHIA
    contract · Last action 2012-09-30
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4600070542!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDING DIV-PHILADELPHIA
    contract · Last action 2011-11-03
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4600065596!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDI
    contract · Last action 2010-11-23
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    RESALE-ICE CREAM
    contract · Last action 2010-02-17
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4600059572!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDING DIV-PHILADELPHIA
    contract · Last action 2009-09-30
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    4600053977!INSTITUTIONAL FEEDING DIV-PHILADELPHIA
    contract · Last action 2008-11-13
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 424430 - DAIRY PRODUCT (EXCEPT DRIED OR CANNED) MERCHANT WHOLESALERS. Last action: 2015-04-23. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1995-05-16Planned1611$2,925
1992-06-16Complaint96$12,225
1984-07-10Referral22$210
1983-01-05Planned0$0
1975-04-15Planned4$90

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. is one of 8 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Blue Bell Creameries.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Blue Bell Creameries across all 8 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Blue Bell Creameries, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. 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 Blue Bell Creameries, which operates 8 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 BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.'s OSHA violation history?
BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 31 violations and $15,450 in total penalties.
How does BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.'s safety record compare to its industry?
BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P. operates in the ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. BLUE BELL CREAMERIES, L.P.'s self-reported DART rate is 4.37 compared to an industry average of 3.