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CARGILL, INC.

BOX 3, ROUTE 1, BELL CITY, MO, 63735
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 650 establishments

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OSHA inspections
1
over 35 years
Violations
4
$4,500 in penalties
Penalties
$4,500
$1,125 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

CARGILL, INC. has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 35 years of recorded history, with $4,500 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 39,937 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 35 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
1
0.0 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$4,500
$1,125 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 1

100% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $4,500 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111$1,406Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 1910.0307 B11$1,406Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$844Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 III11$844Jul 1991Jul 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

74th

Above average violations. Peer group: 39,937 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
3.3
vs industry
TRIR
4.1
vs industry

Reported for 234 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.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
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
35 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 35+ years. Most recent activity: 35 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 MO — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Representation (union)
6

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.). 6 cases · 6 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-RD-357444Representation electionDec 2024Feb 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-RD-320848Representation electionJun 2023Aug 2023ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-RC-236744Representation electionFeb 2019Apr 2019ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-RC-197120Representation electionApr 2017May 2017ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-RC-163883Representation electionNov 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-RD-001914Representation electionOct 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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
1991-03-27Planned44$4,500

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 locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Cargill Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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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 1 OSHA inspection on record with 4 violations and $4,500 in total penalties.