HILLSHIRE BRANDS CO
8300 96TH AVE, ZEELAND, MI 49464 · NAICS 311615 Poultry Processing
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Jul 17, 2014#315373811Jul 17, 2014Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#315373811$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #315373811
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 17, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 30, 2014
- Closed
- May 20, 2015
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 890
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 8300 96th Ave, Zeeland, MI 49464
- Industry
- 311813 Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries 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.
May 10, 2014#315373852May 10, 2014Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#315373852$8,8202 viol.2 violations$8,820 in penalties
Inspection #315373852
Dates
- Opened
- May 10, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 30, 2014
- Contested
- Oct 20, 2014
- Final Order
- Apr 13, 2015
- Closed
- May 15, 2015
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 890
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $12,600
- Penalties on Record
- $8,820
- Site Address
- 8300 96th Ave, Zeeland, MI 49464
- Industry
- 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081072201 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $6,300 | $4,410 | Oct 1, 2014 | Oct 20, 2014 | Apr 13, 2015 |
| 01002 | 4081141203 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | $4,410 | Oct 1, 2014 | Oct 20, 2014 | Apr 13, 2015 |
Sep 1, 2006#308857812Sep 1, 2006Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#308857812$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308857812
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 1, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 19, 2006
- Closed
- Sep 25, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 800
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 8300 96th Ave, Zeeland, MI 49464
- 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.
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.
3 inspections, 2006 to 2014. 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
Food Manufacturing, 23,612 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.