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HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION

7000 MILLINGTON ROAD, CLAYTON, DE, 19938
Operated by Hanover Foods
311411Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing
EIN 230670710

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OSHA inspections
24
over 33 years
Violations
124
$582,642 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
1 hospitalizations · 10 National Emphasis Program inspections · 8 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION has accumulated 124 OSHA violations across 24 inspections over 33 years of recorded history, with $582,642 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 11 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION 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
24
0.7 / yr · last 33 yrs
Violations
124
3.8 / yr
Penalties
$582,642
$4,699 avg / violation
52% serious48% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 24
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 24

71% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 16 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 · 49 citations in this view · $361,156 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0166$83,758Aug 1995Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0233$66,496Mar 1997Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0151 C33$38,229Jun 1994Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0133$7,700Mar 1997Oct 2015
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0533$2,100Aug 1995Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0333$1,000May 1993Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$42,000Mar 1997Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0522$37,793Dec 2019Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0122$25,000Aug 1995Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0119 C0222$19,955Aug 1995Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0122$19,313Jun 1994Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV C22$7,510Oct 2014Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0134 F02 II22$6,337Aug 1995Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0322$1,500Jun 1994Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0119 G0322$1,250Aug 1995Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0422$717Mar 1997Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A22$500Oct 2014Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0422Aug 1995Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0522Aug 1995Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I22Aug 1995Mar 2000

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 3114 within DE. Peer group: 11 employers. This establishment has 124 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,430
Inspection frequency
100th
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
1.7
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
2.3
vs industry
−2.2

Reported for 152 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
4.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.3
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
6
Complaint
10
Referral
4
Follow-up
3

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 2016 – Jul 2021 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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 14, 2021Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
May 30, 2019Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetHip(s)Hospitalized
Jul 6, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationMultiple leg locations, 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
Jul 14, 2021Chemical Exposure,Chlorine,Inhalation,Overexposure,Shortness of breath11

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
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 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 HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION. 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 HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
10
Quarters non-compliant
6

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
HANOVER FOODS CORP
ROUTE 6 & DUCK CREEK ROAD · CLAYTON, DE, 19938
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 6
100Dec 2025View →

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 HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2021-10-01Referral1714$138,690
2021-07-14Complaint91$50,848
2019-06-28Planned41$22,824
2018-05-14Complaint0$0
2016-07-12Referral11$5,487
2015-07-06Complaint11$4,200
2014-10-01Referral0$0
2014-09-29Other0$0
2014-04-21Complaint3$1,000
2014-04-21Complaint65$15,085
2004-03-05Planned0$0
1999-09-28Planned228$105,000
1999-07-07Planned0$0
1999-07-06Complaint1$20,000
1998-11-20Follow-up0$0
1998-11-10Complaint1$35,000
1996-10-09Follow-up149$31,500
1996-10-09Follow-up116$66,000
1996-09-25Referral21$39,750
1995-03-09Planned66$2,250
1995-02-23Complaint184$37,750
1994-06-07Complaint33$4,500
1993-05-20Planned55$2,758
1992-12-09Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Hanover Foods.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Hanover Foods across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION 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.

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Frequently asked

What is HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION has 24 OSHA inspections on record with 124 violations and $582,641.8 in total penalties.
How does HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION operates in the frozen fruit, juice, and vegetable manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.5. HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 1.74 compared to an industry average of 3.2.