Establishment profile
PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC
HWY 50 AND SO OAK, Carbondale, IL, 62269
Operated by Prairie Farms Dairy · 1 of 22 establishments
112120 — Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
EIN 350835815
Summary
PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 50 years of recorded history.
The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,457 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 42 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 16 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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
60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 1121 within IL. Peer group: 76,457 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
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 85 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) · Jan 2022
Most frequent event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
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).
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 42+ years. Most recent activity: 42 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 PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for Prairie Farms Dairy, 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 Prairie Farms Dairy locations in the same state.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC is one of 22 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Prairie Farms Dairy.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Prairie Farms Dairy across all 22 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Related searches
- All Prairie Farms Dairy locationsParent rollup
- Dairy Cattle and Milk ProductionAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Dairy Cattle and in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
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This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY 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 Prairie Farms Dairy, which operates 22 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.
Frequently asked
- What is PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC's OSHA violation history?
- PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $0 in total penalties.
- How does PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC operates in the dairy cattle and milk production industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.2. PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC's self-reported DART rate is 3.41 compared to an industry average of 2.4.