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CARGILL, INC.

1845 N.W. GORDON ST., TOPEKA, KS, 66608
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
424510Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 751449430

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OSHA inspections
5
over 23 years
Violations
6
$23,000 in penalties
Penalties
$23,000
$3,833 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CARGILL, INC. has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 23 years of recorded history, with $23,000 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 78th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 228 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 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, 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
5
0.2 / yr · last 23 yrs
Violations
6
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$23,000
$3,833 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 5

40% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 6 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $23,000 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0272 G0211$5,000Nov 2004Nov 2004
29 CFR 1910.0027 C0411$4,500Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0145 C02 I11$4,500Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0272 D11$4,500Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0272 E01 II11$4,500Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0272 G0411Nov 2004Nov 2004

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

78th

Above average violations in NAICS 4245 within KS. Peer group: 228 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
94th
peer median: $2,251
Inspection frequency
97th
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
−1.5
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−3.8

Reported for 79 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
0.0
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
Accident
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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jun 14, 2006ASPHYXIATED,FRONT END LOADER,GRAIN,CLEANING,BURIED,UNTRAINED,GRAIN BINFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 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 KS — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
25
Unfair labor practice
19
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.). 25 cases · 19 ULP · 6 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-373338Unfair labor practiceSep 2025OpenRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-344860Unfair labor practiceJun 2024Aug 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-344761Unfair labor practiceJun 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-343624Unfair labor practiceJun 2024Aug 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-341916Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-340430Unfair labor practiceApr 2024Mar 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-333121Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Mar 2026ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-333111Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-333110Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-333092Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-265505Unfair labor practiceSep 2020Sep 2020ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-255377Unfair labor practiceJan 2020Apr 2020ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-166734Unfair labor practiceDec 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-162737Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-162735Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Mar 2017ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-088608Unfair labor practiceSep 2012Jan 2014ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RM-080491Representation electionMay 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RD-068377Representation electionNov 2011Nov 2011ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RD-001805Representation electionNov 2010Dec 2010ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-024664Unfair labor practiceSep 2009Aug 2010ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RD-001792Representation electionSep 2009Oct 2009ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RD-001785Representation electionApr 2009May 2009ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-024457Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Aug 2009ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-022936Unfair labor practiceOct 2004Nov 2004ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RD-001712Representation electionOct 2004Dec 2004ClosedRegion 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)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CARGILL
5135 NW HWY 24 · TOPEKA, KS, 66608
AirRCRANo Violation Identified40Jun 2025View →

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
2012-03-28Complaint0$0
2012-03-28Complaint0$0
2006-06-15Accident42$18,000
2003-09-24Unprogrammed Related22$5,000
2003-04-17Planned0$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 KS, 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 5 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $23,000 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 compared to an industry average of 1.5.
Has CARGILL, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving CARGILL, INC..