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DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.

264 FM 2336, BASTROP, TX, 78602
Operated by Darling Ingredients · 1 of 133 establishments
311613Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
EIN 362495346

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OSHA inspections
3
over 9 years
Violations
5
$28,247 in penalties
Penalties
$28,247
$5,649 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 9 years of recorded history, with $28,247 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 62nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 198 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 63rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 days ago.

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

Agency coverage

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 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
3
0.3 / yr · last 9 yrs
Violations
5
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$28,247
$5,649 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 3

33% 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. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $28,247 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$7,605Apr 2017Apr 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,605Apr 2017Apr 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$7,605Apr 2017Apr 2017
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211$5,432Apr 2017Apr 2017
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11Apr 2017Apr 2017

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

62nd

Above average violations in NAICS 3116 within TX. Peer group: 198 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
83rd
peer median: $4,200
Inspection frequency
63rd
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
6.9
vs industry
+4.4
TRIR
6.9
vs industry
+3.1

Reported for 65 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
3.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.9
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

Referral
2

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) · Nov 2015 – Feb 2018

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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
Feb 25, 2018Contact with hot objects or substancesShoulder(s) and arm(s)Hospitalized
Apr 10, 2017Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feetMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Mar 18, 2016Contact with hot objects or substancesLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Nov 24, 2015Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadwayArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Apr 10, 2017Auger,Burn,Clogged,Concrete Slab,Fall,Forehead,Hopper,Pressure Release,Steam,Steam Cleaner,Struck Against11

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
14 days ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 14 days 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 INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TX — for Darling Ingredients, not this location alone

Total cases
11
Unfair labor practice
8
Representation (union)
3

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 Darling Ingredients 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.). 11 cases · 8 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
16-CA-382016Unfair labor practiceFeb 2026OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-359885Unfair labor practiceFeb 2025OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-352752Unfair labor practiceOct 2024Oct 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-351254Unfair labor practiceSep 2024OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-344976Unfair labor practiceJun 2024OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-344882Unfair labor practiceJun 2024Feb 2026ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-341702Representation electionMay 2024Jun 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-331602Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Apr 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-330812Representation electionNov 2023Jan 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-161070Unfair labor practiceSep 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-160168Representation electionSep 2015Oct 2015ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas

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 DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DARLING INGREDIENTS 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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
264 FARM ROUTE 2336 · BASTROP, TX, 78602
TRI00View →

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 INC.. 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
2026-06-04Referral0$0
2026-04-27Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2017-04-12Referral55$28,247

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 INC. 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 rendering and meat byproduct processing within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DARLING INGREDIENTS 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 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 INC.'s OSHA violation history?
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $28,247.4 in total penalties.
How does DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. operates in the rendering and meat byproduct processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.8. DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 6.88 compared to an industry average of 2.5.