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TYSON FOODS INC

HWY 51 E. STILWELL, OK, STILWELL, OK, 74960
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 577 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 710815086

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OSHA inspections
2
over 32 years
Violations
0
Penalties
$0
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

TYSON FOODS INC has accumulated 0 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 32 years of recorded history.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 17 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

TYSON FOODS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
2
0.1 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
0
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 2

Peer comparison

0th

Fewer violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within OK. Peer group: 22,501 employers. This establishment has 0 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
82nd
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
9.8
vs industry
+8.3
TRIR
9.8
vs industry
+7.3

Reported for 16 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
9.8
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
2

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
17 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 17+ years. Most recent activity: 17 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$48
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $48 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 2009111$48

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $48 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2009 – Feb 2009Poultry ProcessingFLSA11$48

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

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)

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
1999-03-25Planned0$0
1993-09-08Planned0$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 OK, 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 2 OSHA inspections on record with 0 violations and $0 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 9.75 compared to an industry average of 1.4.