TYSON FOODS, INC.
501 PADEN RD., GADSDEN, AL 35903
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Inspection records
Oct 25, 2004#308015973Oct 25, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#308015973$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308015973
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 25, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 25, 2004
- Closed
- Oct 25, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 790
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Oct 6, 2004#308015858Oct 6, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#308015858$2,2504 viol.4 violations$2,250 in penalties
Inspection #308015858
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 6, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 26, 2004
- Contested
- Jan 12, 2005
- Final Order
- Jun 20, 2005
- Closed
- Jul 1, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 790
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,000
- Penalties on Record
- $2,250
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Road, Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,250 | Jan 21, 2005 | Jan 12, 2005 | Jun 20, 2005 |
| 01002A | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 J04 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,000 | Feb 11, 2005 | Jan 12, 2005 | Jun 20, 2005 |
| 02001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I | Other | 1 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Feb 11, 2005 | Jan 12, 2005 | Jun 20, 2005 |
| 02002 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II | Other | 1 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Feb 11, 2005 | Jan 12, 2005 | Jun 20, 2005 |
Aug 12, 2003#306883109Aug 12, 2003Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#306883109$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #306883109
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 12, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 12, 2003
- Closed
- Aug 12, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 957
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
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 22, 1998#300963857Apr 22, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#300963857$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #300963857
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 22, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 22, 1998
- Closed
- Apr 29, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,200
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Apr 22, 1998#300963816Apr 22, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#300963816$1,1252 viol.2 violations$1,125 in penalties
Inspection #300963816
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 22, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 22, 1998
- Closed
- Jun 3, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,200
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,875
- Penalties on Record
- $1,125
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 M01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,875 | $1,125 | May 15, 1998 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 N06 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 15, 1998 | - | - |
Oct 14, 1997#300961315Oct 14, 1997Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#300961315$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #300961315
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 14, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 15, 1997
- Closed
- Nov 24, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,221
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Apr 26, 1995#109673335Apr 26, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#109673335$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #109673335
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 26, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 26, 1995
- Closed
- Apr 26, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,200
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Nov 20, 1989#18389924Nov 20, 1989Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#18389924$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18389924
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 20, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 20, 1989
- Closed
- Jan 2, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,138
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 Paden Rd., Gadsden, AL 35903
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
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.
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.
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.
8 inspections, 1989 to 2004. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
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