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TYSON FOODS, INC.

442 PLANT STREET, WALDRON, AR, 72958
Operated by Tyson Foods Inc · 1 of 577 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 710815087

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OSHA inspections
12
over 32 years
Violations
11
$31,041 in penalties
Penalties
$31,041
$2,822 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
7 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

TYSON FOODS, INC. has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $31,041 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 79th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 85 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 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, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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
12
0.4 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
11
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$31,041
$2,822 avg / violation
36% serious64% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 12
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 12

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $31,041 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0243 A01 I11$12,278Jun 2023Jun 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 L03 II I11$10,000Nov 2022Nov 2022
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11$2,125Jul 2005Jul 2005
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111$2,000Jul 2005Jul 2005
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,100Jul 2005Jul 2005
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,000Nov 2015Nov 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 J01 IV11$938May 1995May 1995
29 CFR 1910.0038 D11$850Jul 2005Jul 2005
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11$750Jan 1994Jan 1994
29 CFR 1904.0007 B0511Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0304 A0211Jul 2005Jul 2005

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

79th

Above average violations in NAICS 3116 within AR. Peer group: 85 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
92nd
peer median: $5,300
Inspection frequency
90th
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
48.9
vs industry
+47.5
TRIR
48.9
vs industry
+46.5

Reported for 19 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
48.9
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
4
Complaint
4
Accident
1
Referral
2

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) · Nov 2017 – May 2022 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat

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
May 20, 2022Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Nov 5, 2021Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Nov 15, 2017Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedHip(s)Hospitalized

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0
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 · 1,201 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMay 200011,2011,200

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. 2 cases · 1,201 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2009 – Mar 2011Poultry Processing1
Mar 1998 – May 2000Poultry ProcessingFLSA1,2010

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)

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

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
2
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.). 3 cases · 2 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-250777Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Jan 2020ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-137403Unfair labor practiceSep 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-RC-008611Representation electionJun 2010Jul 2010ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

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
2024-06-20Unprogrammed Related0$0
2022-12-19Referral1$12,278
2022-05-24Referral1$10,000
2015-10-27Planned11$1,000
2011-06-27Planned1$0
2005-03-16Planned31$4,975
2005-03-16Planned21$1,100
2002-10-19Accident0$0
2001-05-03Complaint0$0
1996-05-01Complaint0$0
1995-04-10Complaint11$938
1993-11-09Complaint1$750

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

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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 11 violations and $31,040.5 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 48.91 compared to an industry average of 1.4.