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NESTLE USA, INC

61 JERSEYVILLE AVENUE, FREEHOLD, NJ, 07728
Operated by Nestle USA · 1 of 376 establishments
311999All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
EIN 951572209

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OSHA inspections
4
over 25 years
Violations
1
$11,600 in penalties
Penalties
$11,600
$11,600 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

NESTLE USA, INC has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 4 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $11,600 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 34th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 142 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 87th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

NESTLE USA, INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
4
0.2 / yr · last 25 yrs
Violations
1
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$11,600
$11,600 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 4

25% 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $11,600 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0028 B03 I11$11,600Oct 2022Oct 2022

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

34th

Below average violations in NAICS 3119 within NJ. Peer group: 142 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
73rd
peer median: $4,174
Inspection frequency
87th
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
0.8
vs industry
−1.3
TRIR
0.8
vs industry
−2.1

Reported for 126 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.8
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
2
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 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet

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 15, 2022Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feetNonclassifiableHospitalized

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
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 NESTLE USA, INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NESTLE USA, INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for Nestle USA, not this location alone

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
8

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 Nestle USA 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.). 8 cases · 8 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
22-CA-299246Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-212940Unfair labor practiceJan 2018Feb 2018ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-209558Unfair labor practiceNov 2017Jan 2018ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-153027Unfair labor practiceMay 2015Jul 2015ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-148090Unfair labor practiceMar 2015May 2015ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-105959Unfair labor practiceMay 2013Jul 2013ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-062972Unfair labor practiceAug 2011Sep 2011ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-028442Unfair labor practiceJul 2008Sep 2011ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 NESTLE USA, INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
6

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
NESTLE USA INC
61 JERSEYVILLE AVE · FREEHOLD, NJ, 07728
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 6
10Mar 2024View →

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 NESTLE USA, INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — NESTLE PURINA PETCARE CO (across 37 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$320K
Obligated (all-time)
$1.2B
Awards (all-time)
1,879

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
2022-04-28Referral11$11,600
2018-10-01Complaint0$0
2004-01-20Complaint0$0
2000-09-07Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NESTLE USA, INC is one of 376 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Nestle USA.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Nestle USA across all 376 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in all other miscellaneous food manufacturing within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Nestle USA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NESTLE USA, 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 Nestle USA, which operates 376 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 NESTLE USA, INC's OSHA violation history?
NESTLE USA, INC has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 1 violation and $11,600 in total penalties.
How does NESTLE USA, INC's safety record compare to its industry?
NESTLE USA, INC operates in the all other miscellaneous food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. NESTLE USA, INC's self-reported DART rate is 0.75 compared to an industry average of 2.