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WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY

2820 RIVARD ST, DETROIT, MI, 48207
424470Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 381901974

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OSHA inspections
23
over 53 years
Violations
72
$25,958 in penalties
Penalties
$25,958
$361 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
9 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY has accumulated 72 OSHA violations across 23 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $25,958 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 228 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 23 days ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
23
0.4 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
72
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$25,958
$361 avg / violation
38% serious62% other
Inspection trigger · planned
11 of 23
Inspection trigger · referral
8 of 23

78% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 10 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 · 32 citations in this view · $22,963 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 4081.00341033$1,608Jul 1991Mar 2013
29 CFR 4081.14420233Nov 1989Jul 1991
29 CFR 4081.00340322$875Jan 1992Mar 2013
29 CFR 4081.07270122$733Jul 1991Apr 1996
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$525Feb 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 4081.07310122$413Apr 1996Jul 2014
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0121$30Jul 1973Jul 1973
29 CFR 4081.06320122Jul 1991Mar 2013
29 CFR 4081.06450222Apr 1996Feb 2008
29 CFR 4081.0011 A22Jul 1991Jan 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,000Apr 2023Apr 2023
408.101111$3,780Apr 2022Apr 2022
408.1218511$3,200Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 3255.110303 A III11$1,250Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.0147 C02 III11$800Jul 2014Jul 2014
29 CFR 4081.071611$640Jul 2014Jul 2014
29 CFR 4081.33090111$625Mar 2013Mar 2013
29 CFR 4081.06230311$525Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 4081.06310111$480Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 3090.011017 A11$480Jul 1991Jul 1991

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4244 within MI. Peer group: 228 employers. This establishment has 72 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $450
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

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
8.6
vs industry
+5.2
TRIR
12.1
vs industry
+7.9

Reported for 531 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
4.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
12.1
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
11
Complaint
3
Accident
1
Referral
8

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 WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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 14, 2022Amputated,Amputation,Bandsaw,Blade,Cutting,Engineering Controls,Equipment Operator,Finger,Fingertip,Food processing,Guard,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Meat Processing,Meat Slicing Machine,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Partial Amputation,Saw,Sawblade,Sheared,Struck Against,Training,Unguarded,Unstable Position1
Apr 1, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Bandsaw,Contact,Cut,Hand,Machine Guarding,Meat Processing1
Jul 7, 2017Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Finger,Flowing Material,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Nip Point1

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
23 days ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 23 days ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$17,124
Employees affected
158

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 · 158 violations · $17,124 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeNov 20181158103$17,124

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 · 158 violations · $17,124 in backwages · 158 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2016 – Nov 2018Meat and Meat Product Merchant WholesalersFLSA158158$17,124

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 WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MI — for WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
1
Representation (union)
1

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 WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY 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 · 1 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
07-CA-289797Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-RC-232246Representation electionDec 2018Jan 2019ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan

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

Total applications
1
Certified
1
Avg wage ratio
1.18x
E-3 Australian

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY. 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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
WOLVERINE PACKING CO.
2535 RIVARD ST. · DETROIT, MI, 48207
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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)

DOT number
185255
Operation
A

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 WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$14K
Awards
3
Top agency
Department of Agriculture
$14K
Largest awards
  • Department of Agriculture
    PROVIDE COLLECTION, PACKAGING ,AND STORAGE OF REQUESTED TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SHEEP HEADS AT $3.00 A HEAD. NUMBER OF HEADS IS ESTIMATED BASED ON VS'S REQUIRMENTS HEADS MUST BE TAGGED WITH OFFICIAL SCRAPIE TAGS. RENEWAL OF PO#AG6395P080480.
    contract · Last action 2010-04-08
    $9,903
  • Department of Agriculture
    PROVIDE COLLECTION, PACKAGING ,AND STORAGE OF REQUESTED TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SHEEP HEADS AT $3.00 A HEAD. NUMBER OF HEADS IS ESTIMATED BASED ON VS'S REQUIRMENTS. HEADS MUST BE TAGGED WITH OFFICIAL SCRAPIE TAGS. PREVIOUS PO#AG6395P080480. PROGRAM CONTACT: ROBERT WHEELER 517-324-5290.
    contract · Last action 2011-04-07
    $3,984
  • Department of Agriculture
    PROVIDE COLLECTION, PACKAGING ,AND STORAGE OF REQUESTED TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SHEEP HEADS AT $3.00 A HEAD. NUMBER OF HEADS IS ESTIMATED BASED ON VS'S REQUIRMENTS HEADS MUST BE TAGGED WITH OFFICIAL SCRAPIE TAGS
    contract · Last action 2008-04-11
    $-195

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Last action: 2011-04-07. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-06-29Referral0$0
2026-01-29Complaint2$0
2025-10-08Complaint1$0
2025-05-30Complaint11$3,200
2025-02-03Referral0$0
2023-02-16Referral31$7,000
2022-02-02Referral1$3,780
2021-05-19Referral1$450
2017-07-25Referral0$0
2015-10-07Referral2$0
2014-06-06Planned63$1,440
2013-01-31Planned53$2,125
2011-06-01Planned0$0
2008-08-22Referral63$2,500
2007-12-11Planned115$2,063
1996-03-20Planned52$825
1991-11-13Accident33$500
1991-05-21Planned95$1,600
1991-05-21Planned71$420
1991-05-21Planned0$0
1989-10-20Planned3$0
1976-04-01Planned3$0
1973-06-13Planned3$55

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY 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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Frequently asked

What is WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY has 23 OSHA inspections on record with 72 violations and $25,957.5 in total penalties.
How does WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY operates in the meat and meat product merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. WOLVERINE PACKING COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 8.64 compared to an industry average of 3.4.