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CARGILL INC.

17540 MONROE-WAPELLO RD, EDDYVILLE, IA, 52553
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 650 establishments
311221Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing
EIN 410177680

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OSHA inspections
8
over 35 years
Violations
10
$11,086 in penalties
Penalties
$11,086
$1,109 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

CARGILL INC. has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $11,086 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 73rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CARGILL INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
8
0.2 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
10
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$11,086
$1,109 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 8

63% 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 10 citations in this view · $11,086 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$7,629Mar 2026Mar 2026
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111$1,371Mar 2026Mar 2026
29 CFR 1926.1101 K02 I11$1,000May 2009May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0211$493May 2022May 2022
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0311$493May 2022May 2022
29 CFR 4000.2 111$100Mar 1991Mar 1991
29 CFR 1910.0145 F0311Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1926.1101 K02 II11May 2009May 2009
29 CFR 4000.5 211Mar 1991Mar 1991
29 CFR 1200.003 211Mar 1991Mar 1991

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

73rd

Above average violations in NAICS 3112 within IA. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
74th
peer median: $3,000
Inspection frequency
88th
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
3.1
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
3.1
vs industry
+0.9

Reported for 64 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
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.1
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
1
Complaint
2
Referral
1

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
8 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 8 months 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)

EPA inspections
6
Quarters non-compliant
7
Formal actions
2
EPA penalties
$15,000

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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 · $15,000 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CARGILL INC
17540 MONROE WAPELLO RD · EDDYVILLE, IA, 52553
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 7
62$15,000Mar 2026View →

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.

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
2025-10-08Referral2$9,000
2024-09-13Unprogrammed Related1$0
2024-05-08Complaint0$0
2022-03-22Unprogrammed Related2$986
2022-02-17Unprogrammed Related0$0
2009-05-07Complaint2$1,000
2007-02-21Planned0$0
1991-02-07Unprogrammed Related3$100

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 650 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 650 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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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 650 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 8 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $11,086 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL INC. operates in the wet corn milling and starch manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.2. CARGILL INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.09 compared to an industry average of 1.1.