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CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

490 ROAD 9, SCHUYLER, NE, 68661
Operated by Cargill Inc · 1 of 649 establishments
311611Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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OSHA inspections
13
over 18 years
Violations
22
$97,675 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 10 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $97,675 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 134 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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
13
0.7 / yr · last 18 yrs
Violations
22
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$97,675
$4,440 avg / violation
45% serious55% other
Inspection trigger · referral
6 of 13
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 13

62% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $97,675 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0144$22,069Oct 2007Nov 2025
5A000133$25,037Oct 2007Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$9,000Dec 2022Dec 2022
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$7,000Dec 2022Dec 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0511$5,500Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$4,000Dec 2022Dec 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$4,000Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11$3,500Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$3,334Apr 2010Apr 2010
29 CFR 1910.0132 H0111$3,334Apr 2010Apr 2010
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$2,677Oct 2007Oct 2007
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II11$2,200Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$2,200Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11$1,530Oct 2007Oct 2007
29 CFR 1910.0138 A11$1,147Oct 2007Oct 2007
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11$1,147Oct 2007Oct 2007
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211Apr 2010Apr 2010

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

88th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within NE. Peer group: 134 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
94th
peer median: $4,712
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
4
Complaint
3
Referral
6

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Dec 2015 – May 2025 · 4 in last 5 years

Reports
5
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
May 23, 2025Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingOther finger(s) n.e.c.Amputation
Sep 25, 2023Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Oct 20, 2021Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Oct 6, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Dec 1, 2015Fall on same level due to slippingWrist(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 6, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Chute,Finger1
Jun 17, 2019Amputation,Caught In,Fingertip,Machine Guarding,Meat Processing11

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
2 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
3
Back wages owed
$15,408
Employees affected
3

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 3 violations · $15,408 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jul 2019 – Aug 2023231$15,408

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 3 cases · 3 violations · $15,408 in backwages · 3 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2023 – Aug 2023Meat Processed from CarcassesFMLA11$15,408
Jul 2018 – Jul 2019Animal (except Poultry) SlaughteringFMLA21
Sep 2014Animal Food Manufacturing1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
3
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.). 4 cases · 3 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-141432Unfair labor practiceNov 2014Aug 2015ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-096322Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Mar 2014ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-RC-088407Representation electionAug 2012Oct 2012ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-025158Unfair labor practiceMay 2011Aug 2011ClosedRegion 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 MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
6
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 MEAT SOLUTIONS
590 WEST 9TH STREET · SCHUYLER, NE, 68661
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified60Jan 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
$200K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2009-11-13. Most recent: 2009-11-13. 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 · $200,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
Nov 2009pleaEnvironmentalColorado$200,000No

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
2026-05-06Referral0$0
2025-05-29Referral11$11,823
2022-10-05Referral31$20,000
2022-07-19Complaint0$0
2021-10-13Referral11$13,653
2019-10-09Complaint0$0
2019-06-25Referral11$9,472
2014-02-07Referral0$0
2013-05-01Planned0$0
2013-05-01Planned62$22,400
2010-01-13Complaint4$10,002
2007-09-04Planned21$2,294
2007-09-04Planned43$8,031

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 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 animal (except poultry) slaughtering within NE, 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 MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 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 MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $97,675 in total penalties.
How does CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION operates in the animal (except poultry) slaughtering industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.