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CARGILL INC.

1201 LYN AVE., SAVAGE, MN, 55378
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
424510Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 410177680

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OSHA inspections
10
over 53 years
Violations
2
$58 in penalties
Penalties
$58
$29 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CARGILL INC. has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $58 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 55th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 43,050 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 24 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
10
0.2 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
2
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$58
$29 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
8 of 10
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 10

10% 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 2 citations in this view · $58 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0121$58Apr 1985Apr 1985

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

55th

Above average violations in NAICS 4245 within MN. Peer group: 43,050 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
60th
peer median: $0
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
0.0
vs industry
−2.4
TRIR
0.6
vs industry
−2.5

Reported for 1,950 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
3.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.6
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
8
Complaint
1
Follow-up
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) · Jul 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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). 100% of this employer's reports came from a state-plan program.

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
Jul 20, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(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
24 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 24+ years. Most recent activity: 24 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 MN — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
2
Representation (union)
1

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.). 3 cases · 2 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-341867Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Feb 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-138468Unfair labor practiceOct 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RD-097072Representation electionJan 2013Feb 2013ClosedRegion 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
2002-07-11Planned0$0
1996-12-05Planned0$0
1991-04-25Planned0$0
1990-06-26Planned0$0
1986-10-29Planned0$0
1986-05-21Planned0$0
1985-04-11Complaint21$58
1979-07-11Planned0$0
1973-08-27Planned0$0
1972-09-27Follow-up0$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 MN, 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 10 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $58 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 3.1. CARGILL INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.4.