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CARGILL, INCORPORATED

2065 MANCHESTER RD., AKRON, OH, 44314
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
311942Spice and Extract Manufacturing
EIN 410177680

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OSHA inspections
3
over 24 years
Violations
4
$19,563 in penalties
Penalties
$19,563
$4,891 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, INCORPORATED has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 24 years of recorded history, with $19,563 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 60th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 134 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 70th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

CARGILL, INCORPORATED 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 24 yrs
Violations
4
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$19,563
$4,891 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 3
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 3

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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $19,563 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$11,823Mar 2026Mar 2026
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$4,500Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0211$1,890Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111$1,350Jun 2002Jun 2002

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

60th

Above average violations in NAICS 3119 within OH. Peer group: 134 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
81st
peer median: $4,994
Inspection frequency
70th
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
3.8
vs industry
+1.0
TRIR
7.6
vs industry
+4.2

Reported for 27 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
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.6
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

Complaint
1
Accident
1
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, INCORPORATED. 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
May 16, 2002CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,PALLETIZED CARGO,WORK RULES,MACHINE OPERATOR,CAUGHT BY,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEENFatality11

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
5 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 5 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, INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
10
Unfair labor practice
10

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.). 10 cases · 10 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-219766Unfair labor practiceMay 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-216596Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-095115Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-094033Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-088339Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-084297Unfair labor practiceJul 2012Apr 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-082319Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Feb 2013ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-073749Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Mar 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037619Unfair labor practiceFeb 2008Feb 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-043187Unfair labor practiceOct 2006Dec 2006ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

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, INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CARGILL, INCORPORATED. 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
2025-12-29Referral1$11,823
2009-09-09Complaint0$0
2002-05-16Accident32$7,740

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CARGILL, INCORPORATED 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 spice and extract manufacturing within OH, 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, INCORPORATED 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, INCORPORATED's OSHA violation history?
CARGILL, INCORPORATED has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $19,563 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL, INCORPORATED's safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL, INCORPORATED operates in the spice and extract manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. CARGILL, INCORPORATED's self-reported DART rate is 3.79 compared to an industry average of 2.8.
Has CARGILL, INCORPORATED had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving CARGILL, INCORPORATED.