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CARGILL INCORPORATED

2500 WILCO BLVD, WILSON, NC, 27895
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
311119Other Animal Food Manufacturing
EIN 410177680

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OSHA inspections
1
over 22 years
Violations
26
$4,650 in penalties
Penalties
$4,650
$179 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

CARGILL INCORPORATED has accumulated 26 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 22 years of recorded history, with $4,650 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 22 years 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
1
0.0 / yr · last 22 yrs
Violations
26
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$4,650
$179 avg / violation
15% serious85% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $4,650 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0307 B11$1,348Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$1,348Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$963Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$578Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0141 A0511$413Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0146 E0111Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0146 F0311Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0146 F0411Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0146 F1111Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0146 F1311Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 IIB11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0165 D0211Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 IV11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 II11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I11Sep 2003Sep 2003
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0111Sep 2003Sep 2003

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

93rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3111 within NC. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 26 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
74th
peer median: $1,125
Inspection frequency
0th
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
1.2
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
4.8
vs industry
+1.3

Reported for 70 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
3.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.8
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- 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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 22+ years. Most recent activity: 22 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 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 NC — for Cargill Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
5
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.). 6 cases · 5 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-367683Unfair labor practiceJun 2025OpenRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-349258Unfair labor practiceAug 2024Nov 2024ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RD-333099Representation electionJan 2024Jan 2024ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-333104Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Nov 2024ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
11-CA-074993Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Mar 2012ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
11-CA-061602Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Mar 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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
2003-07-28Planned264$4,650

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 other animal food manufacturing within NC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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 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 1 OSHA inspection on record with 26 violations and $4,650 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL INCORPORATED's safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL INCORPORATED operates in the other animal food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5. CARGILL INCORPORATED's self-reported DART rate is 1.21 compared to an industry average of 2.7.