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MARS PETCARE US, INC.

5115 FISHER ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43228
Operated by Mars Inc · 1 of 57 establishments
311111Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 13 years
Violations
13
$32,245 in penalties
Penalties
$32,245
$2,480 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MARS PETCARE US, INC. has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 13 years of recorded history, with $32,245 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 59 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 81st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MARS PETCARE US, 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
0.3 / yr · last 13 yrs
Violations
13
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$32,245
$2,480 avg / violation
62% serious38% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $32,245 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$7,000Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11$3,825Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0111$3,825Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0304 G02 II11$3,825Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0145 C02 I11$3,060Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$3,060Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$3,060Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$2,295Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$2,295Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0134 L0111Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0184 E03 II11Oct 2013Oct 2013

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

84th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3111 within OH. Peer group: 59 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $4,145
Inspection frequency
81st
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for MARS PETCARE US, INC.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
Complaint
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) · Sep 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
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
Sep 10, 2019Contact with hot objects or substancesMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

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 MARS PETCARE US, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MARS PETCARE US, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for Mars Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 Mars 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
09-CA-044659Unfair labor practiceOct 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
09-CA-044639Unfair labor practiceOct 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

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 MARS PETCARE US, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MARS PETCARE US, 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
MARS PETCARE US, INC.
5115 FISHER RD. · COLUMBUS, OH, 43228
AirRCRATRINo Violation Identified00View →

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 contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — MARS, INCORPORATED (across 16 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$2.0M
Obligated (all-time)
$240.7M
Awards (all-time)
189

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
2016-04-21Complaint0$0
2013-06-25Planned31$6,885
2013-06-25Planned107$25,360
2012-09-26Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MARS PETCARE US, INC. is one of 57 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Mars Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Mars Inc across all 57 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 OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Mars Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MARS PETCARE US, 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 Mars Inc, which operates 57 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 MARS PETCARE US, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
MARS PETCARE US, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $32,245 in total penalties.
How does MARS PETCARE US, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
MARS PETCARE US, INC. operates in the dog and cat food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.3.