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TYSON FOODS, INC.

1 ROCK RIVER ROAD, JEFFERSON, WI, 53549
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 577 establishments
311999All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
EIN 232797861

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OSHA inspections
3
over 22 years
Violations
1
$5,600 in penalties
Penalties
$5,600
$5,600 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

TYSON FOODS, INC. has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 3 inspections over 22 years of recorded history, with $5,600 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 24th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 148 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 78th 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, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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

Inspections
3
0.1 / yr · last 22 yrs
Violations
1
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$5,600
$5,600 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 3

33% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $5,600 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$5,600Sep 2015Sep 2015

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

24th

Below average violations in NAICS 3119 within WI. Peer group: 148 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
61st
peer median: $2,688
Inspection frequency
78th
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
0.0
vs industry
−2.0
TRIR
2.3
vs industry
−0.5

Reported for 51 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
2.3
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.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
2
Referral
1

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 2015 – Mar 2015

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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 23, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jan 18, 2015Fall on same level due to slippingLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
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)

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

Total cases
22
Unfair labor practice
19
Representation (union)
1

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.). 22 cases · 19 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-369275Unfair labor practiceJul 2025Jan 2026ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-364273Unfair labor practiceApr 2025May 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-342657Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Oct 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-342650Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Oct 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-342563Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Oct 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-336901Unfair labor practiceFeb 2024Apr 2024ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-297389Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-295475Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-062784Unfair labor practiceAug 2011Sep 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018423Unfair labor practiceAug 2009Oct 2009ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018244Unfair labor practiceJan 2009Jan 2009ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018191Unfair labor practiceOct 2008Jan 2009ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-017004Unfair labor practiceSep 2004Nov 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016854Unfair labor practiceJun 2004Jul 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016772Unfair labor practiceMar 2004Apr 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016766Unfair labor practiceMar 2004Oct 2007ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-UD-000165UDMar 2004Nov 2007ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016734Unfair labor practiceFeb 2004May 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016732Unfair labor practiceFeb 2004Mar 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-UD-000164UDFeb 2004Feb 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-RD-001387Representation electionJan 2004Feb 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-016693Unfair labor practiceJan 2004Feb 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TYSON FOODS, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
4
Total payments
$11.0M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
OSHA / Workplace Safety / Mine Safety

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
2015-03-27Referral11$5,600
2008-08-15Complaint0$0
2003-09-17Complaint0$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 all other miscellaneous food manufacturing within WI, 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, 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.

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, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
TYSON FOODS, INC. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 1 violation and $5,600 in total penalties.
How does TYSON FOODS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TYSON FOODS, INC. operates in the all other miscellaneous food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. TYSON FOODS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.