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OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.

152 BRIDGE STREET, MIDDLEBORO, MA, 02346
Operated by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc · 1 of 9 establishments
312111Soft Drink Manufacturing
EIN 041215610

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OSHA inspections
30
over 51 years
Violations
117
$84,949 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. has accumulated 117 OSHA violations across 30 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $84,949 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
30
0.6 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
117
2.3 / yr
Penalties
$84,949
$726 avg / violation
42% serious58% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
18 of 30
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 30

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 16 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 61 citations in this view · $26,019 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0198$3,899Nov 1978Feb 1996
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0366$1,070Nov 1978Jun 1993
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0155$5,500Nov 1978Oct 2007
29 CFR 1910.0132 A55$1,295Jun 1976Jun 1993
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0144$3,040Nov 1978Jun 1993
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0133$638Oct 1981May 2010
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVC33Nov 1978Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0222$5,803Aug 1989Sep 2021
5A000122$1,920Nov 1978Jun 1993
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 II22$1,488May 2005May 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0722$638Oct 1981May 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I22$270Jan 1986Nov 1989
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0422$230Jan 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$230Oct 1986Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0322Oct 1986Jan 1987
29 CFR 1910.0176 A21Jan 1987Jan 1987
29 CFR 1910.0022 C22Nov 1978Jan 1986
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0122Nov 1978Jan 1986
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V22Oct 1981Jan 1986
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101721Nov 1978Nov 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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3121 within MA. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 117 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $3,613
Inspection frequency
100th
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
−3.6
TRIR
2.1
vs industry
−3.6

Reported for 190 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
5.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
4.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.1
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
5
Complaint
18
Referral
4
Follow-up
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) · May 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

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
May 30, 2016Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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 29, 2021Arm,Caught Between,Contusion,Machine operator,Material Handling,Pallet,Pallet Wrapping Machine,Pinch Point,Pinched,Roller--Mach/Part1

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
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2016 – Nov 2016Berry (except Strawberry) Farming1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MA — for Ocean Spray Cranberries, 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 Ocean Spray Cranberries, 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
01-CA-080665Unfair labor practiceMay 2012Jul 2012ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-080514Unfair labor practiceMay 2012Jul 2012ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts

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 OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
5
Quarters non-compliant
0

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
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES
152 BRIDGE ST · MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA, 02346
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified50Oct 2025View →

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 OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-03-27Planned0$0
2023-12-13Complaint0$0
2021-10-29Referral1$5,000
2021-04-21Complaint11$5,803
2016-05-31Referral11$7,000
2016-04-11Complaint0$0
2014-09-02Referral0$0
2013-02-26Complaint0$0
2011-04-06Complaint42$3,927
2010-05-03Complaint44$3,613
2007-05-12Unprogrammed Related11$4,000
2005-01-12Complaint22$1,313
1996-02-06Complaint11$813
1993-03-29Complaint22$2,000
1993-03-29Planned1312$30,000
1991-10-30Referral75$13,025
1990-02-26Follow-up0$0
1989-09-29Complaint44$1,350
1989-06-21Planned95$1,550
1987-10-01Complaint0$0
1986-12-09Complaint3$0
1986-09-25Complaint6$216
1986-03-28Complaint0$0
1985-12-13Planned18$1,800
1981-10-02Planned6$0
1980-12-23Complaint21$400
1979-03-02Follow-up1$0
1978-10-17Complaint228$3,025
1976-06-08Complaint8$115
1974-10-24Complaint1$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. is one of 9 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc across all 9 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, 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 Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc, which operates 9 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 OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. has 30 OSHA inspections on record with 117 violations and $84,948.5 in total penalties.
How does OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. operates in the soft drink manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.7. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.06 compared to an industry average of 4.7.