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Tyson Foods

2101 W. 6000, EMPORIA, KS, 66801
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 577 establishments
311999All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
EIN 470557612

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OSHA inspections
0
Violations
0
Penalties
$0
Context
No OSHA inspections on record. This does not mean the employer is violation-free — OSHA inspects a small fraction of workplaces annually.

Summary

Tyson Foods has no OSHA inspection history on file. Federal records covering wage, environmental, labor relations, and other agencies are noted below where present.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 0 days ago.

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

Agency coverage

Tyson Foods appears in NLRB labor relations and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in OSHA workplace safety, 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

No OSHA inspections, citations, or accidents on file for Tyson Foods. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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
17.3
vs industry
+15.3
TRIR
17.3
vs industry
+14.5

Reported for 18 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
17.3
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.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Mar 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck against object or equipment while moving it

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
Mar 21, 2016Struck against object or equipment while moving itFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
0 days ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 0 days ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for Tyson Foods. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for Tyson Foods. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in KS — for Tyson Foods Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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 Tyson Foods Inc 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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-368443Unfair labor practiceJul 2025OpenRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-354352Unfair labor practiceNov 2024May 2025ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023917Unfair labor practiceJul 2007Jul 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023883Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jun 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 Tyson Foods. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for Tyson Foods. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
4
Total payments
$11.0M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
FCPA

First case: 2003-01-14. Most recent: 2011-02-04. 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. 3 cases · 2 plea/conviction · $7,000,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Tyson Foods Inc.et al
Tyson Foods, Inc. · TSN
Jun 2009pleaOSHA / Workplace Safety / Mine SafetyArkansas - Western$500,000No
USA v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc. · TSN
Jun 2003pleaEnvironmentalMissouri - Western$6,500,000No
USA v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al.
Tyson Foods, Inc. · TSN
Jan 2003dismissalAntitrustUSDOJNo

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 — TYSON FOODS INC. (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.0B
Obligated (all-time)
$5.3B
Awards (all-time)
1,768

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.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

Tyson Foods is one of 577 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Tyson Foods Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Tyson Foods Inc across all 577 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in all other miscellaneous food manufacturing within KS, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Tyson Foods Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on Tyson Foods 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 Tyson Foods Inc, which operates 577 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 Tyson Foods's OSHA violation history?
Tyson Foods has no OSHA inspections on record.
How does Tyson Foods's safety record compare to its industry?
Tyson Foods operates in the all other miscellaneous food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. Tyson Foods's self-reported DART rate is 17.32 compared to an industry average of 2.