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PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION

4693 COUNTY RD. 636, ENTERPRISE, AL, 36330
Operated by Pilgrims Pride · 1 of 194 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 751285071

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OSHA inspections
8
over 18 years
Violations
21
$101,985 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION has accumulated 21 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $101,985 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 96 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 84th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.4 / yr · last 18 yrs
Violations
21
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$101,985
$4,856 avg / violation
38% serious62% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 8

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · 21 citations in this view · $101,985 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0162$6,200Mar 2011Jul 2011
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$6,575Jun 2008Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0023 D0122$5,800Jul 2011Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II21$1,000Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11$27,530Jul 2011Jul 2011
29 CFR 1910.0272 J0111$27,530Jul 2011Jul 2011
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0511$8,800Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I11$4,900Mar 2011Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II11$4,675Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0136 A11$4,400Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I11$2,500Jul 2011Jul 2011
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$1,075Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1904.0032 B0311$1,000Mar 2011Mar 2011

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

87th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within AL. Peer group: 96 employers. This establishment has 21 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $8,258
Inspection frequency
84th
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
2
Complaint
4
Referral
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) · Oct 2016 – Feb 2017

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
2
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
Feb 25, 2017Struck against moving part of machinery or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Oct 6, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(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
Feb 25, 2017Amputation,Blade,Finger,Guard,Struck By1

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
9 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 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 PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PILGRIMS 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 PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

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
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
4847 COUNTY ROAD 636 · ENTERPRISE, AL, 36330
AirNo Violation Identified00Sep 2017View →

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

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
2017-03-16Referral11$8,800
2017-03-02Referral0$0
2015-04-14Planned31$14,575
2015-04-14Planned32$4,300
2012-12-18Complaint0$0
2011-03-29Complaint62$62,260
2010-10-06Complaint6$9,900
2008-03-13Complaint22$2,150

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PILGRIMS 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.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PILGRIMS 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 PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 21 violations and $101,985 in total penalties.
How does PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION operates in the poultry processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.73 compared to an industry average of 1.4.