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UNITED GRAIN CORP

1905 NW HARBORSIDE DRIVE, VANCOUVER, WA, 98660
Operated by United Grain · 1 of 2 establishments
424510Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
23
over 52 years
Violations
43
$117,797 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNITED GRAIN CORP has accumulated 43 OSHA violations across 23 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $117,797 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 68 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNITED GRAIN CORP appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
23
0.4 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
43
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$117,797
$2,739 avg / violation
56% serious44% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 23
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 23

35% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 25 citations in this view · $112,762 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 0270.11010131$300Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 0270.21050131Apr 2012Apr 2012
296-99-050(1)21$4,896Jul 2025Jul 2025
296-56-60089(9)(A)11$56,000Oct 2020Oct 2020
296-809-50018(4)11$7,000Jan 2020Jan 2020
296-803-20005(1)11$7,000Jan 2020Jan 2020
296-809-50002(2)11$5,600Jan 2020Jan 2020
296-809-40002(2)11$5,600Jan 2020Jan 2020
29 CFR 1918.0026 B11$5,570Sep 2019Sep 2019
296-99-065(2)(C)11$4,896Jul 2025Jul 2025
296-24-29401(2)11$4,800Jan 2020Jan 2020
29 CFR 8032.000511$1,350Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 0990.0065020411$1,350Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8095.000411$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8095.001811$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8095.002011$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8095.002211$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8092.000211$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8092.00040111$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012
29 CFR 8093.000211$1,200Apr 2012Apr 2012

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4245 within WA. Peer group: 68 employers. This establishment has 43 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
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
4.0
vs industry
+2.5
TRIR
4.0
vs industry
+0.2

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
3.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.0
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
7
Complaint
8
Referral
5

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 UNITED GRAIN CORP. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 3 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 UNITED GRAIN CORP. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for UNITED GRAIN CORP. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WA — for United Grain, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
6

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 United Grain 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.). 6 cases · 6 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-CA-111236Unfair labor practiceAug 2013Nov 2013ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-108458Unfair labor practiceJul 2013Sep 2013ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-103651Unfair labor practiceApr 2013Jul 2013ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-100994Unfair labor practiceMar 2013Sep 2014ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-100575Unfair labor practiceMar 2013Sep 2014ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington
19-CA-099598Unfair labor practiceMar 2013Sep 2014ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

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 UNITED GRAIN CORP. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
12
Formal actions
4

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNITED GRAIN CORP
1927 ELEVATOR WAY · VANCOUVER, WA, 98660
AirWaterRCRAViolation Identified
QNCR 12
34Dec 2025View →

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

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for UNITED GRAIN CORP. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-03-25Unprogrammed Related0$0
2026-03-24Referral0$0
2025-04-17Complaint0$0
2025-04-17Complaint32$9,792
2024-03-21Planned0$0
2020-05-27Complaint1$56,000
2019-10-23Complaint0$0
2019-07-31Complaint21$6,135
2019-07-22Complaint65$30,000
2018-10-22Complaint0$0
2018-09-13Referral0$0
2018-04-23Unprogrammed Related0$0
2014-04-22Referral0$0
2014-01-15Referral1$0
2013-10-31Unprogrammed Related0$0
2013-03-29Referral0$0
2013-03-28Complaint0$0
2011-12-14Planned1110$12,000
2011-12-14Planned176$3,870
1976-09-21Planned0$0
1974-04-23Planned0$0
1973-12-26Planned2$0
1973-10-13Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNITED GRAIN CORP is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United Grain.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United Grain across all 2 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 UNITED GRAIN CORP 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 United Grain, which operates 2 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 UNITED GRAIN CORP's OSHA violation history?
UNITED GRAIN CORP has 23 OSHA inspections on record with 43 violations and $117,797 in total penalties.
How does UNITED GRAIN CORP's safety record compare to its industry?
UNITED GRAIN CORP operates in the grain and field bean merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.8. UNITED GRAIN CORP's self-reported DART rate is 4 compared to an industry average of 1.5.