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HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.

400 S WEAVER RD, EMPORIA, KS, 66801
Operated by COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO · 1 of 19 establishments
311111Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
EIN 741648416

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OSHA inspections
2
over 8 years
Violations
2
$6,360 in penalties
Penalties
$6,360
$3,180 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 8 years of recorded history, with $6,360 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 33rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 81 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 50th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. 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
2
0.3 / yr · last 8 yrs
Violations
2
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$6,360
$3,180 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 2
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 2

50% 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $6,360 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11$3,180Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$3,180Jul 2018Jul 2018

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

33rd

Below average violations in NAICS 3111 within KS. Peer group: 81 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
56th
peer median: $4,476
Inspection frequency
50th
peer median: 2

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
2.3
vs industry
+0.8
TRIR
5.4
vs industry
+3.1

Reported for 141 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
2.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.4
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
1
Referral
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) · Aug 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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
Aug 24, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation

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
Aug 24, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Caught By,Caught In,Finger,Fingertip,Food processing,Hand,Hose,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine operator,Manufacturing,Partial Amputation,Pinch Point,Pinched,Production Line,Removing,Traumatic Amputation,Valve11

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 HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.. 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 HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
0

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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
HILLS PET NUTRITION INC
400 WEAVER ST · EMPORIA, KS, 66801
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified20Apr 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 HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (across 5 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$849K
Obligated (all-time)
$149.4M
Awards (all-time)
818

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
2021-08-27Referral0$0
2018-04-11Planned2$6,360

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. is one of 19 establishments rolled up under the parent organization COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO across all 19 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in dog and cat food manufacturing within KS, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HILL'S PET NUTRITION, 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 COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO, which operates 19 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 HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $6,360 in total penalties.
How does HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. operates in the dog and cat food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.3. HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.32 compared to an industry average of 1.5.