Establishment profile
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.
3000 EAST ONTARIO STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19134
Operated by Darling Ingredients · 1 of 133 establishments
Summary
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC. has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $11,490 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 72,992 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 34 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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 · 21 citations in this view · $11,490 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C01 | 2 | 2 | $1,500 | Feb 1990 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A09 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 C | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C03 | 1 | 1 | $490 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $490 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A05 | 1 | 1 | $490 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $420 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $420 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A02 | 1 | 1 | $350 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 IV | 1 | 1 | $350 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $350 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $280 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0243 C01 | 1 | 1 | $280 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | $70 | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1992 | Jun 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1989 | Mar 1989 |
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 nearly every other employer. Peer group: 72,992 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 56 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.
Inspection breakdown
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 VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 34+ years. Most recent activity: 34 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in PA — for Darling Ingredients, not this location alone
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 Darling Ingredients 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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-RD-189850 | Representation election | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Closed | Region 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 06-CA-033421 | Unfair labor practice | May 2003 | Jan 2004 | Closed | Region 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 06-CA-031989 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2001 | May 2002 | Closed | Region 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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 VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-04-02 | Complaint | 7 | 6 | $7,500 | |
| 1990-01-22 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1989-03-21 | Planned | 17 | 12 | $3,990 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC. is one of 133 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Darling Ingredients.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Darling Ingredients across all 133 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Darling Ingredients, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC.RUSSELLVILLE, KY — 3 federal enforcement records
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.COLDWATER, MI — 3 federal enforcement records
- VALLEY PROTEINS INC.BALTIMORE, MD — 3 federal enforcement records
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.NEWARK, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INCHAMILTON, MI — 3 federal enforcement records
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.MASON CITY, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INCNEWBERRY, IN — 2 federal enforcement records
- GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC.BUTLER, KY — 2 federal enforcement records
- VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.ROSE HILL, NC — 2 federal enforcement records
- VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.GASTONIA, NC — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Darling Ingredients locationsParent rollup
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on VALLEY PROTEINS, 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 Darling Ingredients, which operates 133 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- VALLEY PROTEINS, INC. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $11,490 in total penalties.