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US Foods
OSHA: no recordInjuries: 3 yrLabor: 1 caseImmigration: no recordContracts: $233M
Across the sources on this site, US Foods (Charlotte, North Carolina) appears in 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, a federal contract recipient profile and 3 years of injury summaries.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 1,226 employees and 97 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 7.8 per 100 full-time workers, higher than the pooled rate for its industry (4.4; median establishment 2.6).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving US Foods, recording $2,294 in back wages agreed to pay for 1 employee, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
USAspending lists US Foods Inc as a child recipient of $233M 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: WHD: U.S. Foods; ITA: US Foods; USAspending: US 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.
No OSHA inspection of this employer in North Carolina appears in the enforcement data since 2016. Inspections are recorded at the establishment; sites in other states are listed under those states.
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 424 (quartiles 0.0–5.9); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 1,181 | 2,447,660 | 0 | 83 | 29 | 8 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1,194 | 2,452,208 | 0 | 94 | 25 | 1 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1,226 | 2,490,691 | 0 | 36 | 54 | 7 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in North Carolina. 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 424 | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $2,294 | $16K | $9,718 | $13K |
| Employees per case | 1.0 | — | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $2,294 | — | $959 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $2,294 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2012 – 29 Dec 2012 | 1 | $2,294 | 1 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1686540.
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 North Carolina 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 US 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 Veterans Affairs | $875M | 77% |
| Department of Defense | $186M | 16% |
| Department of Agriculture | $39M | 3% |
| Department of the Treasury | $21M | 2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $7.5M | 1% |
| Department of the Interior | $5.0M | 0% |
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 US Foods?
No OSHA inspection of US Foods in North Carolina appears in the enforcement data since 2016.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
No OSHA record, so no penalties to report.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from US Foods?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $2,294 in back wages agreed to pay across 1 case, for 1 employee.
Does US Foods sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
No labor condition application from US Foods in North Carolina 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 US Foods sponsor green cards (PERM)?
No PERM application from the employer appears in the fiscal years covered.
Does US Foods hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $233M obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: child); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Have there been union elections at US Foods?
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 (WHD: U.S. Foods; ITA: US Foods; USAspending: US 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.