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WAYNE FARMS, LLC

525 WAYNE DR., LAUREL, MS, 39440
Operated by Wayne Sanderson Farms · 1 of 91 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 582530930

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OSHA inspections
3
over 21 years
Violations
13
$58,707 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

WAYNE FARMS, LLC has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 21 years of recorded history, with $58,707 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 71st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 50 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 49th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

WAYNE FARMS, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 21 yrs
Violations
13
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$58,707
$4,516 avg / violation
85% serious15% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 3

100% 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $58,707 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 III11$9,900Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0134 H02 II A11$9,900Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11$9,900Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0311$9,534Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$8,192Jan 2021Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0029 B02 I11$4,750Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0134 G01 I A11$3,800Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$1,561Apr 2014Apr 2014
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$1,171Apr 2014Apr 2014
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Jan 2021Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0120 G05 VIII11Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111Jul 2019Jul 2019
29 CFR 1910.0120 F03 I B11Jul 2019Jul 2019

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

71st

Above average violations in NAICS 3116 within MS. Peer group: 50 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $5,451
Inspection frequency
49th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
6.1
vs industry
+4.7
TRIR
6.1
vs industry
+3.7

Reported for 23 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.1
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
Referral
2

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) · Aug 2016 – Jun 2021 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
6
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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
Jun 12, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Feb 3, 2021Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Aug 3, 2020Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feetBrainHospitalized
Mar 28, 2020Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Jan 28, 2019Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Aug 2, 2016Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Aug 3, 2020Blunt force trauma,Conveyor Belt,Elevated Work Platform,Fall,Head,Lost Balance,Stuck11
Jan 28, 2019Anhydrous Ammonia,Inhalation,Respiratory11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
5 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$2,071
Employees affected
2

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 · 3 violations · $2,071 in backwages · $1,320 in civil penalties

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeNov 2004132$2,071$1,320

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. 2 cases · 3 violations · $2,071 in backwages · $1,320 in civil penalties · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2011 – Sep 2013Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production0
Nov 2002 – Nov 2004Poultry ProcessingFLSA32$2,071$1,320

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 WAYNE FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MS — for Wayne Sanderson Farms, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 Wayne Sanderson Farms 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-155421Unfair labor practiceJul 2015Jul 2015ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-019496Unfair labor practiceApr 2010May 2010ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

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 WAYNE FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
8
Quarters non-compliant
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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
WAYNE FARMS LLC
631 HAWKES RD · LAUREL, MS, 39440
AirWaterTRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
80Jun 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 WAYNE FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$1.2M
Awards (all-time)
6

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

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-08-06Referral22$8,192
2019-01-31Referral97$47,784
2014-02-12Planned22$2,731

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WAYNE FARMS, LLC is one of 91 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Wayne Sanderson Farms.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Wayne Sanderson Farms across all 91 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 WAYNE FARMS, LLC 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 Wayne Sanderson Farms, which operates 91 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 WAYNE FARMS, LLC's OSHA violation history?
WAYNE FARMS, LLC has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $58,707 in total penalties.
How does WAYNE FARMS, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
WAYNE FARMS, LLC operates in the poultry processing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. WAYNE FARMS, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 6.07 compared to an industry average of 1.4.