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SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.

ONE SWEET APPLEWOOD LANE, CUDAHY, WI, 53110
Operated by Smithfield Foods · 1 of 220 establishments
311612Meat Processed from Carcasses

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OSHA inspections
4
over 7 years
Violations
5
$20,262 in penalties
Penalties
$20,262
$4,052 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 7 years of recorded history, with $20,262 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 49th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 117 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 66th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 months ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.6 / yr · last 7 yrs
Violations
5
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$20,262
$4,052 avg / violation
40% serious60% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4

75% 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. 5 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $20,262 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$11,000Apr 2022Apr 2022
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$5,000Sep 2023Sep 2023
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$4,262Aug 2019Aug 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 III A11Apr 2022Apr 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 V11Aug 2019Aug 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

49th

Below average violations in NAICS 3116 within WI. Peer group: 117 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
72nd
peer median: $7,000
Inspection frequency
66th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
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) · Apr 2025

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by door, gate, window

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
Apr 14, 2025Struck by door, gate, windowOther finger(s) n.e.c.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
Jan 7, 2022Air Hose,Air Pressure,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Broken Bone,Compressed Air,Compressor,Contusion,Finger,Flying Object,Foot,Fracture,Hand,High Pressure,Hose,Lack of Work Procedures,Leg,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Maintenance,Malfunction,Repair,Struck By,Thumb11

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
3 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 3 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. 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 SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. 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
SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP
1 SWEET APPLEWOOD LN · CUDAHY, WI, 53110
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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 SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$96.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$884.6M
Awards (all-time)
504

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
2026-04-07Complaint0$0
2023-07-27Complaint11$5,000
2021-12-17Planned21$11,000
2019-02-14Planned2$4,262

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. is one of 220 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Smithfield Foods.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Smithfield Foods across all 220 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in meat processed from carcasses within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Smithfield Foods, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. 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 Smithfield Foods, which operates 220 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 SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.'s OSHA violation history?
SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $20,262 in total penalties.
How does SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. operates in the meat processed from carcasses industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7.