TYSON FOODS, INC.
800 EAST MAIN STREET, SANFORD, NC 27330
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Inspection records
Jul 23, 2020#344852975Jul 23, 2020FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#344852975$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344852975
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 23, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 29, 2020
- Closed
- Dec 31, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 478
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 800 E. Main St., Sanford, NC 27332
- Industry
- 311830 Tortilla Manufacturing
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.
Employee with covid-19 infection dies
Oct 6, 1999#302872429Oct 6, 1999Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#302872429$1,7006 viol.6 violations$1,700 in penalties
Inspection #302872429
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 6, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 6, 1999
- Closed
- Dec 16, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,100
- Penalties on Record
- $1,700
- Site Address
- 800 East Main Street, Sanford, NC 27330
- 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 (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $1,000 | $500 | Nov 7, 1999 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $500 | Nov 7, 1999 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 B01 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $700 | $700 | Oct 25, 1999 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 G02 III | Serious | 3 | 4 | $1,400 | $0 | Oct 25, 1999 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 25, 1999 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 III | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 25, 1999 | - | - |
Dec 15, 1994#111098984Dec 15, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111098984$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111098984
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 15, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 15, 1994
- Closed
- Jan 19, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 850
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 800 East Main Street, Sanford, NC 27330
- 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.
May 6, 1993#111126793May 6, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#111126793$9751 viol.1 violation$975 in penalties
Inspection #111126793
Dates
- Opened
- May 6, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- May 7, 1993
- Closed
- Sep 16, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 643
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $975
- Penalties on Record
- $975
- Site Address
- 800 East Main Street, Sanford, NC 27330
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 1 | 2 | $975 | $975 | Sep 1, 1993 | - | - |
Oct 31, 1991#18518704Oct 31, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#18518704$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18518704
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 31, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 4, 1992
- Closed
- Feb 5, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 800 East Main Street, Sanford, NC 27330
- 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
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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.
5 inspections, 1991 to 2020. 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: tortilla manufacturing reported 4.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 14.1%; NAICS 31183 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source