TYSON FOODS, INC.
259 SOUTH, BROKEN BOW, OK 74728
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Inspection records
Sep 21, 2026#349181230Sep 21, 2026OpenProgrammed Related (I) · Partial scope, SafetyOpen#349181230$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #349181230
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 21, 2026
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 22, 2026
- Closed
- Open
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,150
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5322 South Park Drive, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- Industry
- 311615 Poultry Processing
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jul 18, 2017#342478286Jul 18, 2017Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342478286$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342478286
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 18, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 18, 2017
- Closed
- Aug 25, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,638
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Highway 259/70 South, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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.
Employee's finger is caught on running conveyor belt, and is
May 3, 2005#308063528May 3, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#308063528$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #308063528
Dates
- Opened
- May 3, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- May 5, 2005
- Contested
- Sep 16, 2005
- Final Order
- Jan 27, 2006
- Closed
- Mar 24, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 950
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5 Mi. South Of Broken Bow On Hwy 259, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H03 II | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Sep 4, 2005 | Sep 16, 2005 | Jan 27, 2006 |
May 3, 2005#308063387May 3, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#308063387$1,1251 viol.1 violation$1,125 in penalties
Inspection #308063387
Dates
- Opened
- May 3, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- May 5, 2005
- Contested
- Sep 15, 2005
- Final Order
- Jan 27, 2006
- Closed
- Mar 24, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 950
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,125
- Penalties on Record
- $1,125
- Site Address
- 5 Mi. South Of Broken Bow On Hwy 259, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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 (1 of 1 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 A04 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $1,125 | $1,125 | Aug 30, 2005 | Sep 15, 2005 | Jan 27, 2006 |
May 19, 2004#306645383May 19, 2004Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#306645383$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #306645383
Dates
- Opened
- May 19, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- May 19, 2004
- Closed
- May 19, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,400
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 259, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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.
Sep 25, 2002#304965049Sep 25, 2002Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#304965049$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #304965049
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 25, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 25, 2002
- Closed
- Sep 27, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 70 South, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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.
Mar 31, 1999#302382809Mar 31, 1999Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#302382809$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #302382809
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 31, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 2, 1999
- Closed
- Jun 4, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,300
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5 Mi. South Of Broken Bow On Hwy 259, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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.
Mar 15, 1994#109063321Mar 15, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#109063321$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #109063321
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 15, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 1994
- Closed
- Mar 22, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,185
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 70, South Of Broken Bow, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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.
Jan 23, 1992#107525842Jan 23, 1992Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#107525842$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107525842
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 23, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 23, 1992
- Closed
- May 13, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,150
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Hwy 259 South, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Nov 5, 1991#107531865Nov 5, 1991Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#107531865$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107531865
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 5, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 8, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 25, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,166
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5 Mi. South Of Broken Bow On Hwy 259, Broken Bow, OK 74728
- 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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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.
13 inspections, 1986 to 2026. 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