Establishment profile
PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.
2195 NORTH READING ROAD, DENVER, PA, 17517
Operated by Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated · 1 of 5 establishments
311821 — Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing
Summary
PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC. has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $29,734 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 185 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 months ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $29,734 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $9,000 | Jul 1997 | Aug 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II A | 1 | 1 | $7,000 | Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $4,889 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 II | 1 | 1 | $4,889 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $1,100 | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $1,100 | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A08 II | 1 | 1 | $955 | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 B | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A02 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 F | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1997 | Jul 1997 |
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 3118 within PA. Peer group: 185 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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 264 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) · Sep 2018
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2018 | Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Chain,Finger,Sprocket | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 7 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Aug 2013 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
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 period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 | Commercial Bakeries | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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 PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in PA — for Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, 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 Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-CA-388667 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 2026 | — | Open | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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 PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2024-03-25 | Complaint | 3 | 1 | $14,000 | |
| 2018-09-17 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-10-12 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $4,889 | |
| 2016-11-30 | Unprogrammed Related | 1 | — | $4,889 | |
| 2016-01-27 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-05-26 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1997-07-10 | Planned | 9 | 5 | $5,955 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC. is one of 5 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated across all 5 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in cookie and cracker manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- UNIQUE PRETZEL BAKERY, INCORPORATEDREADING — 2 federal enforcement records
- D. F. STAUFFER BISCUIT CO.YORK — 1 federal enforcement record
- IBAKE FOODS, LLCRIMERSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
- NORSE DAIRY SYSTEMSSOMERSET — 1 federal enforcement record
- DAVIS COOKIE CO.RIMERSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
- Frito-Lay IncPHILADELPHIA — 1 federal enforcement record
- IBAKEFOODS, LLCRIMERSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
- SHIRLEY'S COOKIE COMPANY INC.CLAYSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.DOWNINGTOWN, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated locationsParent rollup
- Cookie and Cracker ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
- Cookie and Cracker in PAIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PEPPERIDGE FARM, 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 Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, which operates 5 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $29,733.5 in total penalties.
- How does PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC. operates in the cookie and cracker manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.6. PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.07 compared to an industry average of 1.8.