Establishment profile
VEGETABLE JUICES INC.
7400 S. NARRAGANSETT AVE., BEDFORD PARK, IL, 60638
Operated by NATUREX INC
311421 — Fruit and Vegetable Canning
EIN 361909400
Summary
VEGETABLE JUICES INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 49 years of recorded history, with $6,235 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 126 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
VEGETABLE JUICES INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $6,235 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 2 | 2 | $2,100 | Sep 2002 | Jun 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $590 | Apr 1977 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 2 | 2 | $545 | Apr 1977 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 2002 | Jun 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | May 2008 | May 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 1 | 1 | $500 | Jun 2004 | Jun 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0332 B01 | 1 | 1 | $500 | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2004 | Aug 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 Q07 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2004 | Jun 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 F02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2004 | Jun 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2002 | Sep 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 011022 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1977 | Apr 1977 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 025045 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1977 | Apr 1977 |
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 3114 within IL. Peer group: 126 employers. This establishment has 22 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 99 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) · Feb 2017
Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2017 | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2017 | Foot,Industrial Truck,Leg,Struck By | 1 | 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)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for VEGETABLE JUICES INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for VEGETABLE JUICES 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 VEGETABLE JUICES 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 VEGETABLE JUICES INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for VEGETABLE JUICES 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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VEGETABLE JUICES INC 7400 S NARRAGANSETT · BEDFORD PARK, IL, 60638 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Jun 2010 | View → |
VEGETABLE JUICES INC 6135 S NOTTINGHAM · CHICAGO, IL, 60638 | Air | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for VEGETABLE JUICES INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-23 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-02-17 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2008-03-05 | Complaint | 1 | — | $1,250 | |
| 2004-07-28 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2004-05-21 | Planned | 5 | 4 | $1,000 | |
| 2002-08-28 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2002-08-19 | Complaint | 10 | 10 | $3,850 | |
| 1984-04-04 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-12-10 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1977-04-25 | Planned | 4 | 2 | $135 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
VEGETABLE JUICES INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization NATUREX INC.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of NATUREX INC across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in fruit and vegetable canning within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- NESTLE USA, INC.MORTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- NEWLY WEDS FOODSBROADVIEW — 2 federal enforcement records
- DEL MONTE FOODS CORPORATIONMENDOTA — 2 federal enforcement records
- CLAUSSEN PICKLE CO.WOODSTOCK — 2 federal enforcement records
- E.FORMELLA & SONS,INC.BRIDGEVIEW — 1 federal enforcement record
- BODINESCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- ORIENTAL DELICACIESCHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- JUICE TYMECHICAGO — 1 federal enforcement record
- MULLINS FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.BROADVIEW — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All NATUREX INC locationsParent rollup
- Fruit and Vegetable CanningAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Fruit and Vegetable in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on VEGETABLE JUICES 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 VEGETABLE JUICES INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- VEGETABLE JUICES INC. has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $6,235 in total penalties.
- How does VEGETABLE JUICES INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- VEGETABLE JUICES INC. operates in the fruit and vegetable canning industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.2. VEGETABLE JUICES INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.2.