Darigold, Inc. has 5 OSHA inspections on record in Idaho, the first in 2010.
OSHA's last visit started on May 26, 2026 after a complaint, in Caldwell.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 14 citation items: 4 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $52,771 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $42,586, down 19%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,873. Darigold, Inc. averages $13,029 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Darigold, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jun 15, 2017: Employee thumb is amputated when caught in butter machine
At 12:15 a.m. on June 15, 2017, an employee was cleaning butter machine. The employee caught his left thumb and amputated it when the butter machine cycled.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Boise site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 180 workers: 3.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 180 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Darigold
Boise · 2025
180
6
1
3.8
4.2
Darigold-Caldwell
Caldwell · 2025
103
3
0
2.4
4.2
Darigold Boise Fleet
Boise · 2025
38
0
0
0.0
3.6
Darigold Boise Plant
Boise · 2024
200
8
2
5.3
4.2
Bosie
Boise · 2023
221
8
2
4.8
4.2
Darigold-Jerome
Jerome · 2023
64
3
1
4.5
4.2
Boise Plant
Boise · 2022
233
11
5
5.2
4.2
Darigold
Jerome · 2022
60
1
1
1.7
4.2
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Jun 30, 2025, Jerome: Hospitalization · chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified · eye(s)
Three maintenance employees were working on chemical lines feeding into a large above ground wastewater treatment tank. Sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid reacted in a floor drain and the chemicals sprayed onto the three employees. One employee was taken to the hospital for burns to his eyes.
Aug 13, 2022, Jerome: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was changing a line hook-up for production to clean-in-place. After he tried to loosen a clamp, steam and water hit the right side of his body, causing second-degree burns on his torso, right arm, and thigh.
An employee was on a ladder to fix a steam header valve that was leaking. The employee was sprayed on the face/neck by hot condensate. He then jumped off the ladder and cut his leg.
An employee was cleaning a butter machine when it cycled and amputated the employee's left thumb.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.10 · Recording criteria for cases involving occupational hearing loss
29 CFR 1904.10(a)
(a) Basic requirement. If an employee's hearing test (audiogram) reveals that the employee has experienced a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing in one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels (dB) or more above audiometric zero (averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log.
(2) If I obtain employees from a temporary help service, employee leasing service, or personnel supply service, do I have to record an injury or illness occurring to one of those employees? You must record these injuries and illnesses if you supervise these employees on a day-to-day basis.
(3) How do I certify the annual summary? A company executive must certify that he or she has examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she reasonably believes, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary is correct and complete.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.