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TYSON FOODS, INC.

28424 38TH AVENUE NORTH, HILLSDALE, IL, 61257
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 575 establishments
311611Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
EIN 621786820

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OSHA inspections
4
over 11 years
Violations
4
$33,100 in penalties
Penalties
$33,100
$8,275 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

TYSON FOODS, INC. has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 11 years of recorded history, with $33,100 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 48th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 179 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 72nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 months 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 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 (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.4 / yr · last 11 yrs
Violations
4
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$33,100
$8,275 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 4

25% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $33,100 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 B0111$16,550Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0028 B03 IV11$16,550Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0023 D12 I11Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0023 D13 II11Apr 2026Apr 2026

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

48th

Below average violations in NAICS 3116 within IL. Peer group: 179 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $6,426
Inspection frequency
72nd
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
−2.8
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−4.0

Reported for 22 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
4.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
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

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) · Aug 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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
Aug 31, 2017Contact with hot objects or substancesLower leg(s)Hospitalized

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
Jul 9, 2022CPR,Cardiac Arrest,Cardiovasc System,Loss of consciousness,Lost consciousness,Maintenance,Natural Causes,UnresponsiveFatality11

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
6 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 6 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 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 IL — for Tyson Foods Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
27
Unfair labor practice
27

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.). 27 cases · 27 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
25-CA-227565Unfair labor practiceSep 2018Oct 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-223956Unfair labor practiceJul 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222926Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222406Unfair labor practiceJun 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222383Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222376Unfair labor practiceJun 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222372Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222370Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222346Unfair labor practiceJun 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222326Unfair labor practiceJun 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-222321Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-219678Unfair labor practiceMay 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-219131Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218879Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218803Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218800Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218697Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218693Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218689Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218680Unfair labor practiceApr 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-218649Unfair labor practiceApr 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
13-CA-075258Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Apr 2012ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046778Unfair labor practiceJun 2011Aug 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046582Unfair labor practiceFeb 2011Apr 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046411Unfair labor practiceNov 2010Jan 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-044296Unfair labor practiceSep 2007Nov 2007ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041440Unfair labor practiceOct 2003Nov 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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 contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — TYSON FOODS INC. (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.1B
Obligated (all-time)
$5.4B
Awards (all-time)
1,780

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
2026-03-13Complaint0$0
2026-03-04Complaint44$33,100
2022-07-13Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2015-09-11Referral0$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 575 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 575 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in animal (except poultry) slaughtering within IL, 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. 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 575 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 4 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $33,100 in total penalties.
How does TYSON FOODS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TYSON FOODS, INC. operates in the animal (except poultry) slaughtering industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4. TYSON FOODS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.8.
Has TYSON FOODS, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving TYSON FOODS, INC..