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BUTTERBALL LLC
$9,639
penalties
1
viol.
6
insp.

BUTTERBALL LLC

411 NORTH MAIN, CARTHAGE, MO 64836NAICS 311615 Poultry Processing

Inspections
6
Oct 2007 to May 2021 · 2 safety, 4 health
Violations
1
across 6 inspections
Penalties on record
$9,639
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 0Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology

Inspection records

May 6, 2021Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#345294227$00 viol.

Inspection #345294227

Dates

Opened
May 6, 2021
Closing Conference Date
May 6, 2021
Closed
Oct 1, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
350
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

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.

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.

May 2, 2021

Employee partially amputates finger when caught between conv

Event: Caught In or Between
May 6, 2021Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#345293351$00 viol.

Inspection #345293351

Dates

Opened
May 6, 2021
Closing Conference Date
May 6, 2021
Closed
Sep 2, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
450
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

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.

Apr 13, 2021Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#345256622$00 viol.

Inspection #345256622

Dates

Opened
Apr 13, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Apr 13, 2021
Closed
Sep 10, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
450

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.

Jul 10, 2020FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Health#344826888$9,6391 viol.

Inspection #344826888

Dates

Opened
Jul 10, 2020
Closing Conference Date
Jul 10, 2020
Final Order
Jan 25, 2021
Closed
May 31, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
825
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$9,639
Penalties on Record
$9,639
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

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.

FatalityJun 27, 2020

Employee with covid-19 infection dies

Event: Other

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011904.39
Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye
OSHA citation code: 19040039 A01
Other1825$9,639$9,639-Jan 25, 2021
Nov 21, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343618286$00 viol.

Inspection #343618286

Dates

Opened
Nov 21, 2018
Closing Conference Date
Dec 12, 2018
Closed
Mar 25, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
500
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

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.

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.

HospitalizationNov 12, 2018

Employee strips skin from back of hand while working with gi

Event: Struck By
Oct 23, 2007Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#310936083$00 viol.

Inspection #310936083

Dates

Opened
Oct 23, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Oct 24, 2007
Closed
Oct 24, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
650
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
411 North Main, Carthage, MO 64836
Industry
311615 Poultry Processing

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.

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About these records

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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

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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.

Standards cited

1904.39Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye1 citation · $9,639

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.2
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,607
Industry average$3,488

Food Manufacturing, 24,362 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: poultry processing reported 2.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 2.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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