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CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN

3049 E. VERNON AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90058
Operated by Smithfield Foods · 1 of 220 establishments
311611Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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OSHA inspections
44
over 35 years
Violations
73
$109,605 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 18 hospitalizations · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN has accumulated 73 OSHA violations across 44 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $109,605 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 344 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
44
1.3 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
73
2.1 / yr
Penalties
$109,605
$1,501 avg / violation
23% serious77% other
Inspection trigger · accident
40 of 44
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 44

68% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 12 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 41 citations in this view · $98,665 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3314 A77$10,510Mar 1992Feb 1999
4002 A44$36,060Mar 1992Oct 2009
4075 A44$5,615Apr 1997Oct 2009
4051 A44$1,855Aug 2002Mar 2013
3328 G22$850Nov 1991Sep 2004
3314 F22$840May 1995Aug 1997
3203 B0122$800Aug 1997Dec 1998
5194 G0822$700Nov 1991Sep 2004
342 A22$400Mar 1992Nov 2001
3203 B0222$375Mar 1992Jan 2003
3999 B11$18,000Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 2320.0004 A11$7,650Sep 2004Sep 2004
3021 D02 D11$6,300Sep 2004Sep 2004
4184 B11$2,700Jul 2007Jul 2007
3328 E11$1,875Jan 1999Jan 1999
3668 F11$935Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 2320.0005 A11$850Sep 2004Sep 2004
3203 A07 C11$850Sep 1994Sep 1994
3650 T0511$750Sep 2011Sep 2011
3328 C11$750Nov 2001Nov 2001

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3116 within CA. Peer group: 344 employers. This establishment has 73 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $3,610
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. 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
1
Complaint
2
Accident
40
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 CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. 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
Nov 3, 2012AMPUTATED,FINGER,BELT CONVEYOR,CRUSHED,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED1
Aug 12, 2011AMPUTATED,STAND-UP OPERATOR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,COLLISION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FOOT11
Apr 26, 2010AMPUTATED,FINGER,GUARD,PINNED,MECHANIC,CAUGHT BY,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INATTENTION1
Oct 21, 2009FRACTURE,RAMP,TORSO,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,LOST BALANCE,RUN OVER11
Sep 10, 2009CLOTHING,FOOD PACKAGING MACH,LACERATION,CONVEYOR,ARM,ENTANGLED11
May 11, 2009FRACTURE,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,LEG11
Oct 8, 2007CHAIN,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,SPROCKET,SEALING MACHINE11
Jun 12, 2007AMPUTATED,BANDSAW,FINGER,STRUCK AGAINST,POINT OF OPERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED1
Mar 6, 2007AMPUTATED,FINGER,PACKING HOUSE,FOOD PACKAGING MACH,LOCKOUT,POINT OF OPERATION,FORMING MACHINE,HAND,MECH MALFUNCTION,UNGUARDED1
Sep 1, 2004CHEST,MAINTENANCE,ABDOMEN,GUARD,CLEANING,CHEMICAL REACTION,CHEMICAL BURN,ARM,FACE,HAND11
Apr 21, 2004AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,CAUGHT BY,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CONVEYOR,BLADE1
Mar 11, 2004FRACTURE,HEAD,LUNG,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,RIB,CHEMICAL BURN,FALL,ELEVATOR SHAFT11
Aug 19, 2002FRACTURE,FOOD PREPARATION,PACKING HOUSE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED,FOOT11
Mar 22, 2002FRACTURE,BANDSAW,FINGER,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE1
May 9, 2001FRACTURE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CRUSHED,LACERATION,HAND,UNGUARDED11
Aug 24, 2000PLATFORM,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CLEANING,HOSE,CAUGHT BETWEEN1
Feb 3, 2000AMPUTATED,FINGER,ROTATING KNIFE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,MIXER,LOCKOUT,MEAT BLENDING MACH1
Dec 3, 1999AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,CAUGHT BY,BLADE,HAND1
Mar 22, 19992
Jan 9, 1999AMPUTATED,FAN,FINGER,BLADE11
Oct 20, 1998FINGER,GUARD,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT11
Sep 8, 1998AMPUTATED,COVER,FOOD PREPARATION,BELT,FINGER,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,RESTRAINING DEVICEFatality11
May 26, 1998WRENCH,AMPUTATED,FINGER,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BLADE,MEAT GRINDER11
Apr 23, 1998CHAIN,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,CONVEYOR,GEAR11
Nov 12, 1997AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE11
Apr 7, 1997FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,REPAIR,WORK RULES,ELECTRONIC CONTROL,THUMB,LOCKOUT,SAW11
Feb 5, 1997CHAIN,AMPUTATED,SCREW CONVEYOR,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,SPROCKET,NIP POINT1
Jun 6, 1996AMPUTATED,REPAIR,BELT,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,BELT CONVEYOR,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,PULLEY1
Dec 23, 1995HEAD,WORK RULES,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,CUTTING AND BURNING,UNSTABLE POSITIONFatality11
Feb 14, 1995MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,ROLLER--MACH/PART1
Aug 5, 1994AMPUTATED,FINGER,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,SAW,STRUCK BY,UNTRAINED1
Mar 27, 1994AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,MEAT SLICING MACHINE,CAUGHT BY1
Mar 18, 1992MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,SCREW CONVEYOR,FINGER,GLOVE,CAUGHT BY,CONVEYOR,BLIND REACHING11
Jan 8, 1992AMPUTATED,FINGER,PACKING HOUSE,WORK RULES,INTERLOCK,JAMMED,LOCKOUT,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,UNTRAINED11
Jan 8, 1992UNCONSCIOUSNESS,E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ATTACHMENT PLUG,CORD CONNECTOR,ELECTRIC SHOCK,WATER11

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
12 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 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 CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for Smithfield Foods, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
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 Smithfield Foods 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
21-CA-183275Unfair labor practiceAug 2016Nov 2016ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California

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 CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$96.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$884.6M
Awards (all-time)
504

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
2014-06-13Accident0$0
2012-12-11Accident32$19,085
2011-08-17Accident2$1,685
2010-04-28Accident0$0
2009-10-29Accident2$950
2009-09-16Accident33$19,530
2009-05-19Accident0$0
2008-07-08Planned0$0
2007-10-19Accident11$3,150
2007-06-26Accident11$2,700
2007-03-09Accident1$635
2006-06-01Accident1$600
2004-12-01Complaint0$0
2004-09-16Accident4$2,285
2004-04-30Accident0$0
2004-03-17Accident82$18,175
2002-10-24Accident0$0
2002-09-11Accident31$18,655
2002-04-02Accident2$650
2001-05-23Accident3$1,710
2000-10-13Accident1$200
2000-06-07Accident0$0
2000-01-10Accident0$0
2000-01-06Accident1$210
1999-09-08Accident0$0
1999-01-21Accident1$375
1998-10-23Accident21$2,300
1998-10-15Accident1$750
1998-06-11Accident1$425
1998-05-05Accident0$0
1998-02-20Accident2$1,700
1997-06-17Accident4$1,495
1997-05-21Follow-up0$0
1997-03-11Accident2$1,060
1996-06-13Accident0$0
1996-01-02Accident0$0
1995-12-26Accident31$900
1995-03-06Accident2$1,060
1994-08-31Accident11$850
1994-05-03Accident1$850
1993-04-21Accident11$5,000
1992-03-19Accident1$0
1992-01-15Accident52$2,060
1991-05-07Complaint101$560

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

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Part of a larger organization

CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN is one of 220 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Smithfield Foods.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Smithfield Foods across all 220 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN 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 Smithfield Foods, which operates 220 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 CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN's OSHA violation history?
CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN has 44 OSHA inspections on record with 73 violations and $109,605 in total penalties.
How does CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN's safety record compare to its industry?
CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN operates in the animal (except poultry) slaughtering industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.
Has CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN.