Skip to main content

Establishment profile

MONSANTO

12501 RIVER ROAD, LULING, LA, 70070
Operated by Monsanto · 1 of 7 establishments
325110Petrochemical Manufacturing
EIN 270626868

Download as PDF →

OSHA inspections
8
over 50 years
Violations
10
$21,795 in penalties
Penalties
$21,795
$2,180 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

MONSANTO has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $21,795 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 64 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MONSANTO 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
8
0.2 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
10
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$21,795
$2,180 avg / violation
60% serious40% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 8

38% 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 10 citations in this view · $21,795 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$7,000Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,000Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$7,000Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0095 A11$480Jun 1978Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000411$210Jun 1978Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.0252 D02 IV11$35Feb 1976Feb 1976
29 CFR 1910.0252 D02 XIVB11$35Feb 1976Feb 1976
29 CFR 1910.0252 D03 I11$35Feb 1976Feb 1976
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01102211Jun 1978Jun 1978
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0111Jun 1978Jun 1978

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

89th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3251 within LA. Peer group: 64 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
76th
peer median: $7,000
Inspection frequency
95th
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
0.0
vs industry
−0.3
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−0.5

Reported for 119 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
0.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
3
Accident
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) · Apr 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
Apr 1, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(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
Oct 15, 1986BARGE,SLIP,FALL,DROWN,LIFE JACKET,LOST BALANCE,WATERFatality11

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
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 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. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MONSANTO. 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. 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. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MONSANTO. 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
2015-04-02Referral33$21,000
1997-12-03Complaint0$0
1986-11-25Unprogrammed Related0$0
1986-10-16Accident0$0
1979-07-05Follow-up0$0
1978-04-17Complaint43$690
1976-04-28Planned0$0
1976-02-10Complaint3$105

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MONSANTO is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Monsanto.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Monsanto across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in petrochemical manufacturing within LA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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

Related searches

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MONSANTO 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, which operates 7 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.

Need API access, bulk download, or licensed redistribution? The website is free. Programmatic and licensed access is handled separately.

Contact sales →

Frequently asked

What is MONSANTO's OSHA violation history?
MONSANTO has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $21,795 in total penalties.
How does MONSANTO's safety record compare to its industry?
MONSANTO operates in the petrochemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.5. MONSANTO's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.3.
Has MONSANTO had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving MONSANTO.