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CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.

251 BALLARDVALE STREET, WILMINGTON, MA, 01887
Operated by CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC · 1 of 18 establishments

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OSHA inspections
2
over 35 years
Violations
2
$560 in penalties
Penalties
$560
$280 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $560 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 41st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 48,998 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 79th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 34 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
2
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
2
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$560
$280 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 2
Inspection trigger · follow-up
1 of 2

50% 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $560 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000111$490Jan 1991Jan 1991
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11$70Jan 1991Jan 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

41st

Below average violations. Peer group: 48,998 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
76th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
79th
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
4.4
vs industry
TRIR
5.9
vs industry

Reported for 1,102 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

Referral
1
Follow-up
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 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 34+ years. Most recent activity: 34 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 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
76
Certified
61
Avg wage ratio
1.20x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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). 3 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES
251 BALLARDVALE ST · WILMINGTON, MA, 01887
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2021View →
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC
261 BALLARDVALE ST · WILMINGTON, MA, 01887
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2021View →
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES
299 BALLARDVALE ST · WILMINGTON, MA, 01887
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
17968
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$287.1M
Obligated (all-time)
$831.6M
Awards
2,819
Top agency
Department of Health and Human Services
$810.6M
Company-wide — CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (across 4 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$221.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$406.1M
Awards (all-time)
148

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Health and Human Services$810.6M
Department of Defense$9.4M
Department of Agriculture$5.4M
Department of Veterans Affairs$3.5M
Environmental Protection Agency$2.6M
Largest awards (top 50 of 2,819)
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, PROFESSIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIAID ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES
    contract · Last action 2025-09-23
    $115,441,922
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIAID ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES
    contract · Last action 2026-03-13
    $95,846,494
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    PRIMARY RODENT PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT CENTER
    contract · Last action 2014-11-24
    $33,730,139
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF PATHOLOGY PEER REVIEW&PATHOLOGY SUPPORT FOR DNTP&DIR AT NIEHS; CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES (CRL) CONTRACT:HHSN273201500012C
    contract · Last action 2025-06-25
    $23,409,714
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    PATHOLGY SUPPORT FOR THE NIEHS
    contract · Last action 2020-09-01
    $19,723,705
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF BREED AND MAINTAIN FREE-RANGING MACACA MULATTA (RHESUS) MONKEYS
    contract · Last action 2025-09-18
    $16,253,983
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF
    contract · Last action 2024-12-19
    $16,016,488
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2024-05-24
    $15,068,465
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF
    contract · Last action 2020-04-08
    $13,702,448
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CHIMPANZEE FACILITY
    contract · Last action 2023-06-02
    $13,438,086
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CHIMPANZEE FACILITY
    contract · Last action 2017-09-13
    $11,761,822
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TAS::75 0843::TAS -- NIA ANIMAL SERVICE SUPPORT; RFP2172010
    contract · Last action 2019-02-22
    $11,391,974
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BREED AND MAINTAIN FREE RANGING MACACA MULATTA RHESUS MONKEYS
    contract · Last action 2025-09-23
    $10,326,235
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ALAMOGORDO PRIMATE FACILITY (APF)
    contract · Last action 2025-06-11
    $7,913,976
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2022-03-14
    $7,826,916
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    LIVE ANIMALS, NOT RAISED FOR FOOD
    contract · Last action 2013-11-22
    $7,464,332
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND RESEARCH
    contract · Last action 2020-08-03
    $7,396,321
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2024-03-06
    $7,345,832
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK ORDER 4 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY.
    contract · Last action 2025-09-22
    $7,179,409
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2024-09-12
    $6,738,555
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE MARCH 14, 2021 - MARCH 13, 2022
    contract · Last action 2021-03-10
    $5,843,562
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS), ANIMAL CARE AND RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES LARC-2025-NINDS-0010
    contract · Last action 2026-02-28
    $5,526,677
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2025-03-12
    $5,468,684
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NUMBER: LARC-2025-DVR-0008. TASK ORDER NUMBER: 75N98025F00012. PARENT IDIQ CONTRACT NUMBER: 75N98019D00042.
    contract · Last action 2026-03-13
    $5,444,435
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    OPTION YEAR 3: LARC-10 CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2023-08-14
    $5,335,923
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIVE VACCINE CANDIDATES
    contract · Last action 2026-01-30
    $5,243,310
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A LONG-TERM COLONY OF CALORICALLY RESTRICTED RODENTS
    contract · Last action 2013-11-22
    $5,201,557
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    25-004798 - FUNDING FOR SIX (6)-MONTH EXTENSION OF OPTION YEAR #4 UNDER EXISTING CONTRACT #75N98019D00042 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE REQUIRED CARE FOR LABORATORY ANIMALS INVOLVED IN ONGOING RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS THAT B
    contract · Last action 2025-12-05
    $5,005,720
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2022-08-15
    $4,958,457
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2025-02-13
    $4,935,751
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK ORDER 3 TRANSFER OF RATS FROM NIA CONTRACT COLONY AT TACONIC FARMS AND HARLAN LABS -HHSN271201100002I CAN #8469730
    contract · Last action 2022-05-04
    $4,933,709
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    OPTION YEAR #1 UNDER EXISTING CONTRACT #75N98019D00042; TASK ORDER #LARC-2019-NINDS-0010; TASK ORDER MODIFICATION #3
    contract · Last action 2025-08-26
    $4,838,393
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    0001-PNRC ANIMAL CARE (BLDG. 35)
    contract · Last action 2025-03-28
    $4,795,838
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TASK ORDER SOLICITATION NUMBER: LARC-2025-NIA-0018, TITLED "ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING". REQUISITION NUMBER: 7277259.
    contract · Last action 2025-09-03
    $4,697,459
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [24-003304]
    contract · Last action 2024-02-13
    $4,196,807
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2025-07-11
    $4,095,295
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [23-004236]
    contract · Last action 2023-02-17
    $4,084,058
  • Department of Defense
    contract · Last action 2009-09-11
    $4,067,630
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [22-003903] LARC-008
    contract · Last action 2025-06-10
    $4,046,392
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED RAT COLONY
    contract · Last action 2023-01-18
    $4,016,333
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [19-002505]
    contract · Last action 2025-07-11
    $3,939,809
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED RAT COLONY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE JANUARY 20, 2021 - JANUARY 19, 2022
    contract · Last action 2021-01-06
    $3,817,660
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [21-004494]
    contract · Last action 2025-06-10
    $3,801,799
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BREEDING AND AGING COLONIES
    contract · Last action 2022-05-09
    $3,736,534
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INC:1109629 [20-004780]
    contract · Last action 2021-06-07
    $3,673,432
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED RAT COLONY
    contract · Last action 2022-01-18
    $3,657,567
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED RAT COLONY HHSN271201100002I TASK ORDER 07
    contract · Last action 2022-04-12
    $3,635,378
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AGING RAT COLONIES HHSN271201100002I HHSN27100008 CAN 8469730
    contract · Last action 2021-09-15
    $3,491,918
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTIGENOTYPIC AGED MOUSE COLONY
    contract · Last action 2025-04-17
    $3,487,981
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    LINE ITEM #1:PNRC BUILDING 35 ANIMAL CARE - TIME AND MATERIALS
    contract · Last action 2024-12-13
    $3,410,958

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 561210 - FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES. Last action: 2026-04-13. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1991-08-15Follow-up0$0
1990-10-02Referral21$560

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. is one of 18 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC across all 18 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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Other establishments operated by CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, 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 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC, which operates 18 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 CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $560 in total penalties.