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MONSANTO COMPANY

15790 S. HIGHWAY 87, ELOY, AZ, 85231
Operated by Monsanto Company · 1 of 36 establishments
115114Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)
EIN 431878297

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OSHA inspections
1
over 16 years
Violations
2
$1,000 in penalties
Penalties
$1,000
$500 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

MONSANTO COMPANY has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 16 years of recorded history, with $1,000 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 78th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 274 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 16 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MONSANTO COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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
1
0.1 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
2
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$1,000
$500 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 1

100% 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 · $1,000 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1928.0057 C02 II11$1,000Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1928.0057 D01 V11Mar 2010Mar 2010

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

78th

Above average violations in NAICS 1151 within AZ. Peer group: 274 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
81st
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
1.1
vs industry
−1.9
TRIR
1.1
vs industry
−3.6

Reported for 104 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
4.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.1
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

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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 16+ years. Most recent activity: 16 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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MONSANTO COMPANY. 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
2010-02-18Planned21$1,000

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MONSANTO COMPANY 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 employers in this industry and state

Other employers in postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) within AZ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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 COMPANY 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 COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
MONSANTO COMPANY has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 2 violations and $1,000 in total penalties.
How does MONSANTO COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
MONSANTO COMPANY operates in the postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.7. MONSANTO COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 1.12 compared to an industry average of 3.