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FRITO-LAY, INC.

3203 AVENUE B, LUBBOCK, TX, 79404
Operated by FRITO LAY INC · 1 of 136 establishments
311919Other Snack Food Manufacturing
EIN 270659583

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OSHA inspections
4
over 30 years
Violations
16
$70,850 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

FRITO-LAY, INC. has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $70,850 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 113,142 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 24 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

FRITO-LAY, 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 30 yrs
Violations
16
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$70,850
$4,428 avg / violation
88% serious12% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 4

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $70,850 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0311$50,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$7,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0304 A0211$1,875Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0611$1,500Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$1,500Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$1,500Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 II11$1,500Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0027 B01 II11$1,500Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 II11$1,125Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,125Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0411$1,125Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$800Oct 1995Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111$300Oct 1995Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 IV11Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0311Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111Oct 1995Oct 1995

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3119 within TX. Peer group: 113,142 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
96th
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
0.0
vs industry
−2.1
TRIR
2.7
vs industry
−0.4

Reported for 35 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
3.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.7
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

Planned
2
Accident
1
Follow-up
1

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) · Jul 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

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
Jul 21, 2017Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetBrainHospitalized

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
Feb 9, 2001ASPHYXIATED,LUBRICATING FLUID,STORAGE TANK,FALLFatality11

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
24 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 24+ years. Most recent activity: 24 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 FRITO-LAY, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FRITO-LAY, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TX — for FRITO LAY INC, not this location alone

Total cases
17
Unfair labor practice
14
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 FRITO LAY 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.). 17 cases · 14 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
16-CA-391280Unfair labor practiceJul 2026OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-376860Unfair labor practiceDec 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-372046Unfair labor practiceAug 2025May 2026ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-363328Unfair labor practiceApr 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-355182Unfair labor practiceNov 2024Feb 2026ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-314773Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Feb 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-299441Unfair labor practiceJul 2022May 2023ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-297347Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RD-277034Representation electionMay 2021Jun 2021ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-254904Representation electionJan 2020Feb 2020ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-201155Representation electionJun 2017Jul 2017ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-177588Unfair labor practiceJun 2016Aug 2016ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-026256Unfair labor practiceJun 2008Jun 2008ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-026255Unfair labor practiceJun 2008Jun 2008ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-025970Unfair labor practiceDec 2007Jan 2008ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-022626Unfair labor practiceMar 2003Oct 2003ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-022560Unfair labor practiceFeb 2003Jun 2008ClosedRegion 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 FRITO-LAY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for FRITO-LAY, 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). 2 facilities · 2 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
FRITO-LAY INC
1720 E 38TH ST · LUBBOCK, TX, 79404
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →
FRITO-LAY INCORPORATED
3203 AVE B · LUBBOCK, TX, 79404
00View →

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2002-06-12Follow-up0$0
2001-04-04Planned1010$12,750
2001-02-09Accident32$57,000
1995-09-26Planned32$1,100

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FRITO-LAY, INC. is one of 136 establishments rolled up under the parent organization FRITO LAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of FRITO LAY INC across all 136 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in other snack food manufacturing 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 FRITO-LAY, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 FRITO LAY INC, which operates 136 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 FRITO-LAY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
FRITO-LAY, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $70,850 in total penalties.
How does FRITO-LAY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
FRITO-LAY, INC. operates in the other snack food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.1. FRITO-LAY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.1.
Has FRITO-LAY, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving FRITO-LAY, INC..