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PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION

949 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD., GAINESVILLE, GA, 30501
Operated by Pilgrims Pride · 1 of 194 establishments
311615Poultry Processing

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OSHA inspections
10
over 21 years
Violations
13
$17,050 in penalties
Penalties
$17,050
$1,312 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 21 years of recorded history, with $17,050 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 141 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th 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
10
0.5 / yr · last 21 yrs
Violations
13
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$17,050
$1,312 avg / violation
69% serious31% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 10
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 10

30% 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $17,050 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0272 J0122$8,500Jan 2009Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$2,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0272 M01 I11$1,500Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11$1,300Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$1,200Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,000Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0272 F0211$1,000Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0272 M01 II11Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0272 M0311Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0141 A0511Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0141 D0111Jan 2009Jan 2009
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0111Jan 2009Jan 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

74th

Above average violations in NAICS 3116 within GA. Peer group: 141 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
64th
peer median: $9,315
Inspection frequency
94th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.4
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.4

Reported for 15 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
0.0
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
3
Complaint
3
Referral
4

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) · Aug 2015 – Jul 2022 · 3 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
6
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jul 23, 2022Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Nov 10, 2021Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Mar 21, 2021Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Oct 17, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningElbow(s) and arms(s)Hospitalized
Sep 1, 2017Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecifiedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Jun 17, 2017Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadwayMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Aug 31, 2015Struck by discharged object or substanceNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized

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
Sep 1, 2017Fracture,Overturn,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Shoulder,Trailer11

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
$18,109
Employees affected
16

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 · 17 violations · $18,109 in backwages · $7,840 in civil penalties

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJan 202411716$18,109$7,840

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 · 17 violations · $18,109 in backwages · $7,840 in civil penalties · 16 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024Poultry ProcessingFLSA1716$18,109$7,840

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 GA — for Pilgrims Pride, not this location alone

Total cases
15
Unfair labor practice
12
Representation (union)
3

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.). 15 cases · 12 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-289659Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-229207Unfair labor practiceOct 2018Dec 2018ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-221981Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-195283Representation electionMar 2017Apr 2017ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-192319Unfair labor practiceFeb 2017Mar 2017ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-168656Unfair labor practiceJan 2016Mar 2016ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-128574Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-125512Unfair labor practiceMar 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-115537Unfair labor practiceOct 2013Jun 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-109949Unfair labor practiceJul 2013Apr 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-015808Representation electionOct 2010Nov 2010ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037948Unfair labor practiceJun 2009Aug 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037821Unfair labor practiceApr 2009Jun 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037767Unfair labor practiceMar 2009May 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-015692Representation electionApr 2008Apr 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
Antitrust

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
2022-07-26Referral0$0
2022-06-16Referral0$0
2020-07-23Referral0$0
2017-09-07Referral0$0
2016-08-18Complaint0$0
2015-10-15Complaint0$0
2013-07-19Planned1$7,000
2012-08-15Complaint11$2,550
2008-12-15Planned118$7,500
2004-10-26Planned0$0

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 10 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $17,050 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 compared to an industry average of 1.4.