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PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION

2045 HIGHWAY 244, RUSSELLVILLE, AL, 35654
Operated by Pilgrims Pride · 1 of 194 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 751285071

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OSHA inspections
12
over 16 years
Violations
32
$117,591 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
5 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION has accumulated 32 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $117,591 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 95 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th 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

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
12
0.8 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
32
2.0 / yr
Penalties
$117,591
$3,675 avg / violation
25% serious75% other
Inspection trigger · referral
8 of 12
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 12

58% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $109,496 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$17,929Sep 2010Jan 2024
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$13,054Sep 2010Jan 2018
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$15,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11$10,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0111$5,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$5,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$5,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 IIIB11$5,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 B1011$4,703Dec 2016Dec 2016
29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 II11$3,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$3,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0311$3,000Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0311$2,805Mar 2014Mar 2014
29 CFR 1910.0303 F0111$2,805Mar 2014Mar 2014
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11$2,500Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211$2,500Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0111$2,500Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$2,500Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$2,200Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$2,000Sep 2010Sep 2010

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within AL. Peer group: 95 employers. This establishment has 32 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $8,324
Inspection frequency
96th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
0.7
vs industry
−0.7
TRIR
2.5
vs industry
0.0

Reported for 997 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.5
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
Referral
8

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) · Oct 2017 – Oct 2023 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
4
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
Oct 5, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation
Nov 10, 2021Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway areaBrainHospitalized
Jul 1, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Apr 28, 2020Struck by swinging part of powered vehicleFingertip(s)Amputation
Aug 13, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 23, 2018Fall on same level, unspecifiedAnkle(s)Hospitalized
Oct 4, 2017Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedFingertip(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
Nov 10, 2021Forklift,Head,Loss of consciousness,Struck By,Unloading11
Jul 1, 2021Amputation,Caught Between,Caught By,Caught In,Finger,Fingertip,Power Roller,Reaching,Reaching In,Roller--Mach/Part,Rotating Parts11
Jan 19, 2021Blind Reaching,Chain,Collapsed lung,Conveyor,Counterweight,Door,E GI VI (blind reaching),Elevator,Equipment Failure,Fibula,Fracture,Gate,Knocked from,Leg,Packaging,Reaching,Reaching In,Removing,Struck By,Tibia,Vertebra11
Aug 13, 2018Auger,Auger Mechanism,Caught By,Finger,Fracture,Laceration,Thumb11
Oct 4, 2017Amputation,Caught In,Chain,Conveyor,Finger,Machine Guarding,Sprocket11

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

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

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Mar 201811

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2016 – Mar 2018Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken ProductionFMLA10

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 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in AL — for Pilgrims Pride, not this location alone

Total cases
14
Unfair labor practice
13
Representation (union)
1

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 Pilgrims Pride 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.). 14 cases · 13 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-369692Unfair labor practiceJul 2025May 2026ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
15-CA-296163Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
10-CA-262825Unfair labor practiceJul 2020Jul 2020ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-104395Unfair labor practiceMay 2013Jun 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-098594Unfair labor practiceFeb 2013Mar 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-086926Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Oct 2012ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-080090Representation electionMay 2012Jun 2012ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-070540Unfair labor practiceDec 2011Jan 2012ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-038570Unfair labor practiceSep 2010Oct 2010ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-038512Unfair labor practiceAug 2010Sep 2010ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-038119Unfair labor practiceOct 2009Nov 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037750Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Mar 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037388Unfair labor practiceMay 2008Jul 2008ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037309Unfair labor practiceMar 2008May 2008ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
2
Total payments
$111.5M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Immigration

First case: 2009-12-30. Most recent: 2021-02-23. 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. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $107,023,972 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. · PPC
Feb 2021pleaAntitrustUSDOJ - Antitrust Division,USDOJ - Antitrust Division (Chicago)$107,023,972No

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.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — JBS S/A (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$156.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$860.0M
Awards (all-time)
525

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
2023-10-11Referral1$12,929
2021-11-18Referral0$0
2021-07-08Referral0$0
2021-01-27Referral0$0
2018-08-20Referral0$0
2017-10-06Referral11$9,054
2016-08-09Complaint2$4,703
2016-07-06Referral0$0
2014-04-09Referral1$595
2013-11-21Complaint22$5,610
2013-01-30Planned1$2,200
2010-03-03Complaint245$82,500

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION is one of 194 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Pilgrims Pride.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Pilgrims Pride across all 194 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION 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 Pilgrims Pride, which operates 194 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 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 32 violations and $117,591 in total penalties.
How does PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION operates in the poultry processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.73 compared to an industry average of 1.4.