ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
3883 FARIES PARKWAY, DECATUR, IL 62526
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Inspection records
Jun 28, 2018#343262549Jun 28, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#343262549$7,5831 viol.1 violation$7,583 in penalties
Inspection #343262549
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 28, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 7, 2018
- Final Order
- Sep 5, 2018
- Closed
- Sep 14, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $7,583
- Site Address
- 3615 Faries Pkwy Bldg 772, Decatur, IL 62521
- Industry
- 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001B | 1910.29 Fall Protection Systems and Criteria OSHA citation code: 19100029 B03 | Other | 1 | 9 | $0 | $7,583 | - | Sep 5, 2018 |
Jan 6, 2016#341160919Jan 6, 2016Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#341160919$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #341160919
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 6, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 4, 2016
- Closed
- Feb 4, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 310
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 E Faries Pkwy, Decatur, IL 62526
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Dec 15, 2015#341130862Dec 15, 2015Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#341130862$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #341130862
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 15, 2015
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 15, 2015
- Closed
- Feb 19, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 310
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 E. Faries Pkwy, Decatur, IL 62525
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Apr 23, 2014#339739898Apr 23, 2014Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#339739898$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #339739898
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 23, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 23, 2014
- Closed
- May 16, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 320
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 E. Faries Parkway, Decatur, IL 62526
- Industry
- 311222
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Feb 7, 2013#338760630Feb 7, 2013FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#338760630$7,0002 viol.2 violations$7,000 in penalties
Inspection #338760630
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 7, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 7, 2013
- Contested
- Aug 19, 2013
- Final Order
- May 21, 2014
- Closed
- Sep 4, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 150
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $14,000
- Penalties on Record
- $7,000
- Site Address
- 4666 Faries Parkway, Decatur, IL 62525
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee falls from scaffold and is killed
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01003A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Aug 1, 2013 | Aug 19, 2013 | May 21, 2014 |
| 01003B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 F14 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $0 | Jul 19, 2013 | Aug 19, 2013 | May 21, 2014 |
Oct 19, 2011#331079269Oct 19, 2011Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#331079269$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #331079269
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 19, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 19, 2011
- Closed
- Mar 6, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 400
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 Faries Parkway, Decatur, IL 62526
- Industry
- 311119 Other Animal Food Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Nov 10, 2010#314847781Nov 10, 2010Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#314847781$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314847781
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 10, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 10, 2010
- Closed
- Jan 10, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 140
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3883 Faries Pkwy, Decatur, IL 62526
- Industry
- 311222
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
May 30, 2008#310801170May 30, 2008Complaint (B) · No Inspection scope, Health#310801170$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310801170
Dates
- Opened
- May 30, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Jun 3, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 Faries Parkway, Decatur, IL 62525
- Industry
- 335311 Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Feb 11, 2008#310799473Feb 11, 2008FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#310799473$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310799473
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 11, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- May 2, 2008
- Closed
- May 2, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 310
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 E. Faries Pkwy, Decatur, IL 62525
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Two employees die and two are asphyxiated in gas exposure
Mar 26, 2007#310795372Mar 26, 2007Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#310795372$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310795372
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 26, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 12, 2007
- Closed
- Jul 16, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 350
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4666 E. Faries Pkwy, Decatur, IL 62525
- Industry
- 311221 Wet Corn Milling
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
50 inspections, 1985 to 2018. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
The timeline shows the 50 most recent of 87 inspections with a recorded opening date.
Standards cited
Chemical exposure sampling
Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.