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DARLING INGREDIENTS

429 AMADOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94124
Operated by Darling Ingredients · 1 of 133 establishments
311119Other Animal Food Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
1
over 10 years
Violations
9
$4,270 in penalties
Penalties
$4,270
$474 avg

Summary

DARLING INGREDIENTS has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 10 years of recorded history, with $4,270 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 86th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 120 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

DARLING INGREDIENTS appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, 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
1
0.1 / yr · last 10 yrs
Violations
9
0.9 / yr
Penalties
$4,270
$474 avg / violation
11% serious89% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
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. 9 distinct standards shown · 9 citations in this view · $4,270 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
4050(A)11$2,925Sep 2016Sep 2016
4650(D)11$400Sep 2016Sep 2016
3273(A)11$300Sep 2016Sep 2016
3203(A)(4)11$245Sep 2016Sep 2016
6151(E)(1)11$200Sep 2016Sep 2016
3364(D)11$200Sep 2016Sep 2016
3364(B)11Sep 2016Sep 2016
6151(C)(1)11Sep 2016Sep 2016
3338(A)11Sep 2016Sep 2016

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

86th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3111 within CA. Peer group: 120 employers. This establishment has 9 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
63rd
peer median: $1,890
Inspection frequency
0th
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
6.8
vs industry
+4.1
TRIR
6.8
vs industry
+3.3

Reported for 39 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
6.8
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

Complaint
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 DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
5
Quarters non-compliant
0
Formal actions
1
EPA penalties
$2,719

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 · $2,719 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
DARLING INGREDIENTS, INC.
429 AMADOR STREET · SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94124
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified51$2,719Mar 2024View →

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

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for DARLING INGREDIENTS. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DARLING INGREDIENTS INC (across 4 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$12.5M
Awards (all-time)
168

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
2016-05-17Complaint91$4,270

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

DARLING INGREDIENTS is one of 133 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Darling Ingredients.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Darling Ingredients across all 133 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 CA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Darling Ingredients, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DARLING INGREDIENTS 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 Darling Ingredients, which operates 133 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 DARLING INGREDIENTS's OSHA violation history?
DARLING INGREDIENTS has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 9 violations and $4,270 in total penalties.
How does DARLING INGREDIENTS's safety record compare to its industry?
DARLING INGREDIENTS operates in the other animal food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5. DARLING INGREDIENTS's self-reported DART rate is 6.81 compared to an industry average of 2.7.