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Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
OSHA: 34 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 3 casesImmigration: no recordContracts: $226M
The federal record for Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Amarillo, Texas, consists of 34 OSHA inspections, 3 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, a federal contract recipient profile and 3 years of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Food Manufacturing.
OSHA opened 34 inspections at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, issuing 25 citations, 11 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $210,569 (initially $247,471), $6,193 per inspection, above the national figure of $3,754. 5 inspections have at least one contested citation.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 9,667 employees and 320 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, about the same as the pooled rate for its industry (3.2; median establishment 2.8).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 3 compliance actions involving Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., recording $26,895 in back wages agreed to pay for 2 employees, under the Family and Medical Leave Act and Fair Labor Standards Act.
USAspending lists Tyson Foods Inc. as a parent recipient of $226M in federal contract obligations over the latest twelve months.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Tyson Foods, Inc.; WHD: Tyson Foods; ITA: Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.; USAspending: Tyson Foods Inc.. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 311 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $6,193 | $6,840 | $5,523 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 15% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 56% | — | 60% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 6 |
| 1910.23 | Ladders | 2 |
| 5(a)(1) | General Duty Clause | 2 |
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 2 |
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 2 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 2 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.119 | Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals | 1 |
| 1910.219 | Mechanical power-transmission apparatus | 1 |
| 1910.22 | Walking-working surfaces, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.120 | Hazardous waste operations and emergency response | 1 |
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2025 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Unprogrammed other · Safety | Partial | 1 | $0 | Final order | 1910.303(b)(7)(iv) |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 1 | $3,404 | Final order | 1910.119(d)(3)(ii) |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $33,100 | Final order | 1910.219(f)(3) (Serious), 1910.147(c)(4)(i) |
| 30 Oct 2024 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 5 Dec 2023 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 | $7,835 | Final order | 1910.22(a)(3) |
| 3 Jan 2023 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 2 (2 S/W/R) | $10,000 | Final order | 1910.23(e)(1)(vii) (Serious), 1910.23(e)(1)(viii) (Serious) |
| 22 Nov 2022 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 2 Nov 2021 | Referral · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 2 Feb 2021 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 8 Jan 2021 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 14 Dec 2020 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 11 Aug 2020 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 15 Jun 2020 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 10 Jun 2020 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 29 May 2020 | Fatality/catastrophe · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 15 Oct 2019 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $25,000 | Final order | 5(a)(1) (Serious), 1910.132(a) |
| 3 Aug 2019 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $10,000 | Final order | 1910.147(c)(4)(i) (Serious) |
| 15 May 2019 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Open | |
| 23 Apr 2019 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $11,366 | Final order | 1910.147(c)(7)(i) (Serious) |
| 26 Mar 2019 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $13,260 | Contested, final order | 5(a)(1) (Serious) |
| 7 Feb 2019 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 2 | $13,260 | Contested, final order | 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(b), 1910.178(n)(4) |
| 15 Jan 2019 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 18 Oct 2017 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 | $8,873 | Contested, final order | 1910.212(a)(1) |
| 18 Oct 2017 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Most recent 25 of 34 inspections. Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 311 (quartiles 1.0–5.5); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 9,425 | 17,501,456 | 0 | 101 | 203 | 72 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 15 | 9,585 | 18,205,329 | 0 | 69 | 151 | 74 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 16 | 9,667 | 18,115,292 | 0 | 54 | 163 | 103 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Texas. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 311 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $8,965 | $15K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.7 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $13K | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 2 | $25,298 |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 2 | $1,597 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2022 – 24 Apr 2024 | 2 | $1,597 | 1 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 19 Feb 2021 – 21 Sep 2021 | 2 | $25,298 | 1 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 10 Feb 2020 – 26 May 2020 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1986479, 1948860, 1913568.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
No labor condition application from this employer in Texas appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026.
No PERM application from this employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
USAspending lists Tyson Foods Inc. among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Obligations, FY2021–2026 | Share of the agencies shown |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | $1.3B | 100% |
The USAspending name is matched to this employer by normalised company name across all states; the total covers the whole company.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 34 inspections at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, most recently opened 11 Aug 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
25 citations with current penalties totalling $210,569. 19 inspections have a final order on every citation, 5 have a contested citation and 15 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $26,895 in back wages agreed to pay across 3 cases, for 2 employees.
Does Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
No labor condition application from Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. in Texas appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026. LCAs are filed by the employer's headquarters state, so a subsidiary or another state's entity may hold the filings.
Does Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $226M obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: parent); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Agriculture.
Have there been union elections at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state; the sources spell the name differently (OSHA: Tyson Foods, Inc.; WHD: Tyson Foods; ITA: Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.; USAspending: Tyson Foods Inc.). Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.