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TYSON FOODS, INC.
$4,384
penalties
2
viol.
5
insp.

TYSON FOODS, INC.

1200 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, MADISON, NE 68748NAICS 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

Inspections
5
Jan 2006 to Mar 2023 · 4 safety, 1 health
Violations
2
across 5 inspections
Penalties on record
$4,384
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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

Inspection records

Mar 9, 2023Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#346555550$00 viol.

Inspection #346555550

Dates

Opened
Mar 9, 2023
Closing Conference Date
Mar 16, 2023
Closed
Jul 12, 2023

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,200

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1200 Industrial Parkway, Madison, NE 68748
Industry
311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

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.

Aug 31, 2021FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Complete scope, Health#345504708$00 viol.

Inspection #345504708

Dates

Opened
Aug 31, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Oct 27, 2021
Closed
Jan 12, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
142
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1200 Industrial Parkway, Madison, NE 68748
Industry
311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

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.

FatalityAug 29, 2021

Employee with covid-19 infection dies

Event: Other
Mar 31, 2016Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#341364529$2,3841 viol.

Inspection #341364529

Dates

Opened
Mar 31, 2016
Closing Conference Date
Jun 17, 2016
Final Order
Aug 19, 2016
Closed
Aug 31, 2016

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
25,000
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$2,384
Penalties on Record
$2,384
Site Address
1200 Industrial Parkway, Madison, NE 68748
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 A09
Other12$2,384$2,384-Aug 19, 2016
Oct 2, 2008Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#311463624$00 viol.

Inspection #311463624

Dates

Opened
Oct 2, 2008
Closing Conference Date
Oct 9, 2008
Closed
Oct 9, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1200 Industrial Parkway, Madison, NE 68748
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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.

Jan 17, 2006Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#308680206$2,0001 viol.

Inspection #308680206

Dates

Opened
Jan 17, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Jan 19, 2006
Contested
Feb 21, 2006
Final Order
Jun 15, 2006
Closed
Aug 9, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
199

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$5,000
Penalties on Record
$2,000
Site Address
1200 Industrial Parkway, Madison, NE 68748
Industry
311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

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 (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious62$5,000$2,000Apr 25, 2006Feb 21, 2006Jun 15, 2006
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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.

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

1910.23Ladders1 citation · $2,384
5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)1 citation · $2,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.4
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$877
Industry average$3,522

Food Manufacturing, 22,546 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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