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BUTTERBALL, LLC

1000 EAST CENTRAL AVENUE, RAEFORD, NC, 28376
Operated by Butterball LLC · 1 of 7 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 561458630

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OSHA inspections
6
over 10 years
Violations
5
$23,400 in penalties
Penalties
$23,400
$4,680 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

BUTTERBALL, LLC has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 10 years of recorded history, with $23,400 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 47th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 198 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

BUTTERBALL, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.6 / yr · last 10 yrs
Violations
5
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$23,400
$4,680 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 6
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 6

50% 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. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $23,400 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II B11$7,000Feb 2017Feb 2017
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111$5,950Jan 2016Jan 2016
95.129(01)11$5,950Jan 2016Jan 2016
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$4,500Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11Feb 2017Feb 2017

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

47th

Below average violations in NAICS 3116 within NC. Peer group: 198 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
85th
peer median: $2,391
Inspection frequency
80th
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
3.4
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
3.4
vs industry
+1.0

Reported for 22 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.4
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

Complaint
2
Referral
4

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for BUTTERBALL, LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 4 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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)Oct 202011

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

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2018 – Oct 2020Turkey ProductionFMLA10

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 BUTTERBALL, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BUTTERBALL, LLC. 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 BUTTERBALL, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BUTTERBALL, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-03-30Referral0$0
2019-11-12Complaint0$0
2018-07-10Referral11$4,500
2017-12-06Referral0$0
2016-08-17Referral22$7,000
2015-12-15Complaint22$11,900

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BUTTERBALL, LLC is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Butterball LLC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Butterball LLC across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in poultry processing within NC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Butterball LLC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BUTTERBALL, LLC 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 Butterball LLC, which operates 7 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 BUTTERBALL, LLC's OSHA violation history?
BUTTERBALL, LLC has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $23,400 in total penalties.
How does BUTTERBALL, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
BUTTERBALL, LLC operates in the poultry processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. BUTTERBALL, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 3.35 compared to an industry average of 1.4.
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