Establishment profile
PALMER FOOD SERVICES
900 JEFFERSON ROAD, ROCHESTER, NY, 14623
424420 — Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
Summary
PALMER FOOD SERVICES has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 19 years of recorded history, with $4,735 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 449 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 79th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 17 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PALMER FOOD SERVICES appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% 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. 14 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $4,735 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0027 C04 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 C | 1 | 1 | $735 | May 2007 | May 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0026 C02 VII | 1 | 1 | $500 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | $500 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1020 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D02 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IA | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 IIB | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4244 within NY. Peer group: 449 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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.
Reported for 253 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
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
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) · Jul 2025
Most frequent event: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 17+ years. Most recent activity: 17 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 PALMER FOOD SERVICES. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PALMER FOOD SERVICES. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in NY — for PALMER FOOD SERVICES, not this location alone
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 PALMER FOOD SERVICES 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.). 3 cases · 1 ULP · 2 representation
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-RD-178119 | Representation election | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-CA-027185 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 2009 | Nov 2009 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-RD-001522 | Representation election | Jul 2007 | Dec 2007 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
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 PALMER FOOD SERVICES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PALMER FOOD SERVICES. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PALMER FOOD SERVICES. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-17 | Referral | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2009-03-23 | Planned | 12 | 8 | $4,000 | |
| 2007-04-27 | Planned | 1 | 1 | $735 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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- METROPOLITAN FOODS, INC.AMSTERDAM — 1 federal enforcement record
- WORLD WIDE PRODUCTS INC.JAMAICA — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PALMER FOOD SERVICES 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PALMER FOOD SERVICES's OSHA violation history?
- PALMER FOOD SERVICES has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $4,735 in total penalties.
- How does PALMER FOOD SERVICES's safety record compare to its industry?
- PALMER FOOD SERVICES operates in the packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. PALMER FOOD SERVICES's self-reported DART rate is 10.43 compared to an industry average of 3.4.