Establishment profile
PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.
2901 PLANTERS DR, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71601
311224 — Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing
EIN 710493614
Summary
PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. has accumulated 24 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 39 years of recorded history, with $80,233 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 83rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 30 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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
67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 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 · $80,233 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II B | 3 | 3 | $15,760 | Sep 2018 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $9,316 | May 2024 | May 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $9,316 | May 2024 | May 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 | 1 | 1 | $8,500 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0334 C03 | 1 | 1 | $8,500 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I | 1 | 1 | $7,147 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $6,951 | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A02 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C10 | 1 | 1 | $3,972 | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 C01 | 1 | 1 | $3,647 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 C | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | Aug 2004 | Aug 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0039 A02 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Aug 2004 | Aug 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 II B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II C | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 IV B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 II C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
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 3112 within AR. Peer group: 30 employers. This establishment has 24 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 76 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) · Dec 2017 – Aug 2025 · 4 in last 5 years
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2025 | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Thumb(s) | Amputation | |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Forearm(s) | Amputation | |
| May 3, 2021 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized | |
| May 17, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 11, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Dec 16, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2019 | Arm,Caught In,Cleaning,Clearance,Clothing,Compressed Air,Fracture,Laceration,Rotating Parts,Rotating Shaft | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Burn,Electric Arc,SwitchgearFatality | 1 | — | 1 | |
| May 17, 2018 | Caught By,Cylinder,Finger,Laceration,Saw | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Mar 31, 2010 | DUST,ALLERGIC REACTION,SUFFOCATED,RESPIRATORY TRACTFatality | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2004 | CONVEYOR,FALL,BLADE,HOPPERFatality | 1 | — | 1 |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year 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. 2 statutes · 103 violations · $16,593 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Jul 2015 | 1 | 48 | 47 | $16,593 | — |
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Jul 2015 | 1 | 55 | — | — | — |
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 · 103 violations · $16,593 in backwages · 47 workers affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2013 – Jul 2015 | Other Oilseed Processing | FLSAFMLA | 103 | 47 | $16,593 | — |
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 PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.. 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 · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC 1021 E 5TH ST · PINE BLUFF, AR, 71601 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
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
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-13 | Referral | 6 | 5 | $15,889 | |
| 2023-11-08 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $18,631 | |
| 2019-03-21 | Referral | 3 | 1 | $18,088 | |
| 2018-11-19 | Fatality/Catastrophe | 6 | 6 | $17,000 | |
| 2018-05-31 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | |
| 2018-03-16 | Planned | 3 | 2 | $4,000 | |
| 2018-01-03 | Unprogrammed Related | 1 | — | $1,000 | |
| 2010-03-31 | Accident | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2004-03-01 | Accident | 2 | 2 | $2,125 | |
| 1996-05-15 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1989-09-20 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-11-13 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 24 violations and $80,232.6 in total penalties.
- How does PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. operates in the soybean and other oilseed processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4. PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.71 compared to an industry average of 2.7.
- Has PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
- Yes. Federal records show 3 fatality investigations involving PLANTERS COTTON OIL MILL, INC..