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UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.

8494 CHAPIN INDUSTRIAL DR., OVERLAND, MO, 63114
Operated by United Industries Corporation
333112Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
13
over 29 years
Violations
19
$9,663 in penalties
Penalties
$9,663
$509 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP. has accumulated 19 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 29 years of recorded history, with $9,663 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 45 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP. 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
13
0.4 / yr · last 29 yrs
Violations
19
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$9,663
$509 avg / violation
79% serious21% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 13

38% 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 19 citations in this view · $9,663 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811$2,800Jul 2016Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$825Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0145 F0511$825Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$825Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0311$750Apr 2002Apr 2002
29 CFR 1910.0305 J01 I11$750Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$750Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 IV11$750Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111$750Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$638Apr 2002Apr 2002
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0134 D03 IIIB211Apr 2002Apr 2002
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0253 B01 II11Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11May 1997May 1997

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3331 within MO. Peer group: 45 employers. This establishment has 19 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
80th
peer median: $2,375
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
3.2
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
3.6
vs industry
+1.8

Reported for 400 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
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.6
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
1
Complaint
10
Referral
1
Follow-up
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 2022 – Sep 2022

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface

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
Sep 2, 2022Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surfaceWrist(s)Hospitalized
Jan 7, 2022Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surfaceHip(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)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MO — for United Industries Corporation, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
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 United Industries Corporation 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-260702Unfair labor practiceMay 2020Jun 2020ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 INDUSTRIES, CORP.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$25.0M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2017-12-13. Most recent: 2017-12-13. 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. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $25,000,125 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. United Industries LLC
United Industries, LLC
Dec 2017pleaEnvironmentalUSDOJ - Environmental Crimes Section (California - Central District)$25,000,125No

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-05-29Complaint0$0
2024-06-07Complaint0$0
2022-02-08Referral0$0
2016-03-22Complaint11$2,800
2010-09-22Complaint55$2,475
2010-04-20Complaint0$0
2007-05-17Complaint0$0
2002-01-31Planned33$1,388
2000-05-11Follow-up0$0
2000-02-28Complaint0$0
2000-02-08Complaint96$3,000
1999-01-28Complaint0$0
1997-03-05Complaint1$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 INDUSTRIES, CORP. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United Industries Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United Industries Corporation across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNITED INDUSTRIES, 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 Industries Corporation.

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Frequently asked

What is UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.'s OSHA violation history?
UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 19 violations and $9,662.5 in total penalties.
How does UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.'s safety record compare to its industry?
UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP. operates in the lawn and garden tractor and home lawn and garden equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.8. UNITED INDUSTRIES, CORP.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.16 compared to an industry average of 1.2.