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TYSON FOODS, INC.

704 FACTORY STREET, WILKESBORO, NC, 28697
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 577 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 710815073

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OSHA inspections
12
over 34 years
Violations
22
$3,038 in penalties
Penalties
$3,038
$138 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

TYSON FOODS, INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 34 years of recorded history, with $3,038 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 82nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 197 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

TYSON FOODS, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, 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

Inspections
12
0.4 / yr · last 34 yrs
Violations
22
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$3,038
$138 avg / violation
14% serious86% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 12
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 12

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $3,038 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$600Feb 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 II22Feb 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I22Mar 1997Aug 1997
7F010222Feb 1997Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,463Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0022 C11$975Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1904.0007 B04 XI11Aug 2008Aug 2008
29 CFR 1910.1001 J04 I11Jul 1999Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0334 A0411Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11Mar 1997Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11Mar 1997Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211Feb 1997Feb 1997
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III11Feb 1997Feb 1997

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

82nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within NC. Peer group: 197 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
56th
peer median: $2,380
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 2

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
0.0
vs industry
−1.4
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.4

Reported for 30 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
5
Complaint
5
Referral
1
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for TYSON FOODS, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 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 TYSON FOODS, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TYSON FOODS, 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 TYSON FOODS, 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 TYSON FOODS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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). 3 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
TYSON FOODS
704 FACTORY ST · WILKESBORO, NC, 28697
AirWaterTRIViolation Identified
QNCR 12
40Sep 2025View →
TYSON FOODS
706 FACTORY ST · WILKESBORO, NC, 28697
RCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2014View →
TYSON FOODS
103 FACTORY ST · WILKESBORO, NC, 28697
RCRANo 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

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

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-06-11Referral11$1,463
2013-04-26Complaint0$0
2012-09-13Complaint0$0
2011-02-07Complaint0$0
2008-02-26Planned1$0
2005-10-11Follow-up0$0
1999-06-16Complaint1$0
1997-07-17Planned91$975
1997-07-17Planned0$0
1997-02-20Planned51$600
1997-02-17Planned5$0
1991-10-15Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TYSON FOODS, INC. 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 poultry processing within NC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TYSON FOODS, 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 Tyson Foods Inc, which operates 577 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is TYSON FOODS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
TYSON FOODS, INC. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $3,037.5 in total penalties.
How does TYSON FOODS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TYSON FOODS, INC. operates in the poultry processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. TYSON FOODS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.4.