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CARGILL INC.

2401 S. 37TH STREET, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, 51501
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
424510Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
15
over 53 years
Violations
23
$40,605 in penalties
Penalties
$40,605
$1,765 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CARGILL INC. has accumulated 23 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $40,605 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 157 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

CARGILL INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
23
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$40,605
$1,765 avg / violation
4% serious96% other
Inspection trigger · planned
13 of 15
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 15

67% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $40,605 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0133May 1976Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 II22$360Jun 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1918.0063 C22Aug 1973Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$40,000May 2020May 2020
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0711$80Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0134 A0211$65Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0024 B11$65Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$35Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111Oct 1993Oct 1993
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 III11Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1918.0023 B11Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0304 A0211Jan 1984Jan 1984
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111May 1976May 1976
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 00400511Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0180 D0611Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1910.0023 A08 II11Aug 1974Aug 1974
29 CFR 1918.0096 D11Aug 1973Aug 1973

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 4245 within IA. Peer group: 157 employers. This establishment has 23 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $825
Inspection frequency
100th
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
0.5
vs industry
−1.0
TRIR
0.9
vs industry
−2.9

Reported for 541 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
3.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.9
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
13
Complaint
2

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 CARGILL INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 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 CARGILL INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CARGILL INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IA — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
12
Unfair labor practice
7
Representation (union)
5

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 Cargill Inc 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.). 12 cases · 7 ULP · 5 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-346928Unfair labor practiceJul 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
25-RC-277401Representation electionMay 2021Jun 2021ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
18-RD-191712Representation electionJan 2017Mar 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RD-118071Representation electionDec 2013Jan 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-073811Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Jun 2012ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RC-017499Representation electionApr 2007May 2007ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018343Unfair labor practiceMar 2007Jan 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018206Unfair labor practiceNov 2006Dec 2006ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017886Unfair labor practiceJan 2006Feb 2006ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017434Unfair labor practiceOct 2004Oct 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017058Unfair labor practiceOct 2003Nov 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RD-002394Representation electionJan 2002Feb 2002ClosedRegion 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 CARGILL INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CARGILL INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$1.1M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2002-02-19. Most recent: 2002-02-19. 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 · $1,051,779 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Cargill Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Feb 2002pleaEnvironmentalMissouri - Eastern$1,051,779No

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

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — CARGILL, INCORPORATED (across 8 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$414.6M
Obligated (all-time)
$2.5B
Awards (all-time)
963

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
2021-01-27Complaint0$0
2020-01-13Complaint1$40,000
2012-07-10Planned0$0
1993-08-25Planned1$0
1989-08-08Planned71$120
1989-05-31Planned1$240
1989-05-31Planned0$0
1984-01-27Planned1$0
1982-06-10Planned0$0
1976-04-19Planned1$0
1976-04-19Planned2$0
1975-05-30Planned0$0
1974-08-16Planned2$130
1974-08-15Planned5$115
1973-07-23Planned2$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CARGILL INC. is one of 649 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Cargill Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Cargill Inc across all 649 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in grain and field bean merchant wholesalers within IA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CARGILL INC. 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 Cargill Inc, which operates 649 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 CARGILL INC.'s OSHA violation history?
CARGILL INC. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 23 violations and $40,605 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL INC. operates in the grain and field bean merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.8. CARGILL INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.54 compared to an industry average of 1.5.