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PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC

HWY 50 AND SO OAK, Carbondale, IL, 62269
Operated by Prairie Farms Dairy · 1 of 22 establishments
112120Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
EIN 350835815

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OSHA inspections
5
over 50 years
Violations
7
Penalties
$0
$0 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

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

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
7
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 5
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 5

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Peer comparison

84th

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.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
3.4
vs industry
+1.0
TRIR
12.5
vs industry
+9.3

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

Industry avg TRIR
3.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
12.5
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
3
Complaint
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) · Jan 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

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

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
42 years ago

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

Total cases
5
Unfair labor practice
5

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.

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About this data

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.