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WAYNE FARMS LLC

700 MCDONALD AVE, ALBERTVILLE, AL, 35950
Operated by Wayne Sanderson Farms · 1 of 91 establishments
311615Poultry Processing
EIN 582530930

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OSHA inspections
8
over 26 years
Violations
16
$31,788 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

WAYNE FARMS LLC has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 26 years of recorded history, with $31,788 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 82nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 95 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 84th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 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, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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

Inspections
8
0.3 / yr · last 26 yrs
Violations
16
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$31,788
$1,987 avg / violation
56% serious44% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 8
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 8

38% 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. 15 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $31,788 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000121$3,500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$7,000Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$4,828May 2021May 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$3,960Nov 2014Nov 2014
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$2,500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0028 A0111$2,500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0022 C11$2,500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$2,000Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$1,500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I11$1,000Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0023 E0611$500Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I11Nov 2014Nov 2014
29 CFR 1910.0303 E11Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0311Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0024 E11Sep 2004Sep 2004

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

82nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3116 within AL. Peer group: 95 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
76th
peer median: $8,324
Inspection frequency
84th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−1.4
TRIR
1.4
vs industry
−1.0

Reported for 50 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
1.4
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

Complaint
5
Accident
1
Referral
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) · Feb 2017 – Jan 2020

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker

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
Jan 6, 2020Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured workerAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Feb 28, 2017Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured workerAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized

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
Jan 6, 2020Abdomen,Deboning,Food processing,Knife,Laceration,Meat Processing,Slip11
Apr 20, 2004FRACTURE,HEAD,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DUMPERFatality11

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
1
Back wages owed
$0

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. 2 statutes · 583 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeApr 20001576579
MSPA (migrant farmworker protection)Apr 200017

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 · 583 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 1998 – Apr 2000Other Poultry ProductionFLSAMSPA5830

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 AL — for Wayne Sanderson Farms, not this location alone

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
5
Representation (union)
3

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.). 8 cases · 5 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-RC-358702Representation electionJan 2025Jan 2025ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
10-CA-291261Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Mar 2022ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-279366Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Jul 2021ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-225987Unfair labor practiceAug 2018Sep 2018ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
15-RC-160079Representation electionSep 2015Oct 2015ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-119636Unfair labor practiceDec 2013Jan 2014ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
10-RC-015813Representation electionOct 2010Dec 2010ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037154Unfair labor practiceDec 2007Jan 2008ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WAYNE FARMS LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
2020-11-23Complaint11$4,828
2020-01-13Referral0$0
2019-06-19Complaint0$0
2016-06-08Complaint0$0
2015-08-19Complaint0$0
2014-09-03Complaint22$3,960
2004-05-10Unprogrammed Related136$23,000
2004-04-20Accident0$0

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

Other employers in poultry processing within AL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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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 8 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $31,787.6 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 0 compared to an industry average of 1.4.
Has WAYNE FARMS LLC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving WAYNE FARMS LLC.