Establishment profile
USA PORK PACKERS INC
328 S. WYOMING ST., HAZLETON, PA, 18201
311612 — Meat Processed from Carcasses
Summary
USA PORK PACKERS INC has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $28,970 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 161 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 73rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
USA PORK PACKERS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $28,970 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 2 | 2 | $12,500 | Apr 2016 | May 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 E02 | 1 | 1 | $3,550 | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 J02 IV | 1 | 1 | $3,550 | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III | 1 | 1 | $3,550 | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV B | 1 | 1 | $3,550 | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 A04 | 1 | 1 | $800 | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 | 1 | 1 | $613 | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B02 | 1 | 1 | $490 | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $367 | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 E03 | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | May 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | May 2019 | May 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0029 A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IIID | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A09 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | Jun 2008 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within PA. Peer group: 161 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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.
Reported for 85 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
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- 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) · Apr 2019 – Jul 2019
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2019 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2019 | Amputated,Amputation,Bandsaw,Blade,Finger,Fingertip,Saw | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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 · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Oct 2020 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
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 · $0 in backwages
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2018 – Oct 2020 | Animal Slaughtering and Processing | FLSA | 1 | 0 | — | — |
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 USA PORK PACKERS 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 USA PORK PACKERS 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 USA PORK PACKERS INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for USA PORK PACKERS INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USA PORK PACKERS INCORPORATED 328 SOUTH WYOMING STREET · HAZLETON, PA, 18201 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Nov 2014 | View → |
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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for USA PORK PACKERS INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-09 | Planned | 6 | 4 | $15,000 | |
| 2019-04-15 | Referral | 2 | — | $10,000 | |
| 2015-12-17 | Planned | 2 | 1 | $2,500 | |
| 2008-06-04 | Referral | 7 | 5 | $1,470 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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Other employers in meat processed from carcasses within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- CITTERIO USA CORP.FREELAND — 2 federal enforcement records
- GREEN VALLEY PACKING CO.CLAYSVILLE — 2 federal enforcement records
- KUNZLER & COMPANY, INC.LANCASTER — 2 federal enforcement records
- BERKS PACKING COMPANY, INCORPORATEDREADING — 2 federal enforcement records
- POLARIZED MEAT CO., INC.DUNMORE — 2 federal enforcement records
- FARMLAND FOODS, INC.ARNOLD — 2 federal enforcement records
- NICHOLAS MEAT, LLCLOGANTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLCSELINSGROVE — 2 federal enforcement records
- GODSHALL'S QUALITY MEATS, INC.TELFORD — 2 federal enforcement records
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on USA PORK PACKERS 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is USA PORK PACKERS INC's OSHA violation history?
- USA PORK PACKERS INC has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $28,970 in total penalties.
- How does USA PORK PACKERS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- USA PORK PACKERS INC operates in the meat processed from carcasses industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. USA PORK PACKERS INC's self-reported DART rate is 4.45 compared to an industry average of 2.7.