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MONSANTO CO

2 MILES WEST OF ST PETERS ON O, St Peters, MO, 63376
Operated by Monsanto Company · 1 of 36 establishments
EIN 431878297

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OSHA inspections
2
over 51 years
Violations
9
$440 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

MONSANTO CO has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $440 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 39,936 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 79th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 51 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MONSANTO CO appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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
2
0.0 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
9
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$440
$49 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 2
Inspection trigger · follow-up
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. 9 distinct standards shown · 9 citations in this view · $440 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000411$220Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101711$50Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0252 B04 IXC011$45Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0022 A11$45Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04001011$40Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0159 D11$40Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IID011Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411Jun 1975Jun 1975
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511Jun 1975Jun 1975

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers. Peer group: 39,936 employers. This establishment has 9 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
84th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
79th
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
0.3
vs industry
TRIR
0.8
vs industry

Reported for 1,518 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.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for MONSANTO CO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
51 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 51+ years. Most recent activity: 51 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 MONSANTO CO. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MONSANTO CO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MO — for Monsanto Company, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 Monsanto Company 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-184117Unfair labor practiceSep 2016Dec 2016ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 MONSANTO CO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MONSANTO CO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
5
Total payments
$27.4M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

Independent monitor required. First case: 2005-01-01. Most recent: 2022-01-11. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 3 cases · 1 plea/conviction · 1 required a monitor · $19,004,550 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Monsanto Company
Monsanto Co. · MON
Jan 2022pleaEnvironmentalCalifornia - Central$12,004,550No
USA v. Monsanto Company
Monsanto Co. · MON
Nov 2019DPEnvironmentalCalifornia - Central$6,000,000No
USA v. MONSANTO COMPANY
Monsanto Co. · MON
Jan 2005DP
36-mo agreement
FCPAUSDOJ - Criminal Division - Fraud Section$1,000,000Yes
Timothy Dickinson; Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker , D.C.

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1975-07-02Follow-up0$0
1975-06-10Planned9$440

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MONSANTO CO is one of 36 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Monsanto Company.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Monsanto Company across all 36 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Monsanto Company, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MONSANTO CO 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 Monsanto Company, which operates 36 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 MONSANTO CO's OSHA violation history?
MONSANTO CO has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $440 in total penalties.