Orlando, Florida · Other Snack Food Manufacturing · NAICS 311919
20inspections
32citation items
$68,096current penalties
Nov 18, 2025last inspection
OSHA has inspected Frito Lay Inc. 20 times in Florida since 1973.
The latest one began on Nov 18, 2025 on a referral, in Orlando.
Those inspections ended with 32 citation items: 7 serious and 25 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $81,596 and now stand at $68,096, 17% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,873, and Frito Lay Inc. averages $16,462 (4 cited inspections).
Frito Lay Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 6 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 13, 2020: Employee suffers chemical burn while cleaning fryer
At 8:00 p.m. on March 13, 2020, an employee was pouring Quoram Brown, a heavy-duty chemical cleaning agent, into fryer when the chemical splashed on him. The employee was hospitalized to treat chemical burns.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Incident on Jun 9, 2019: Employee fractures tibia when caught in between two forktruc
At 8:00 a.m. on June 9, 2019, an employee left his forklift and began picking up boxes that had fallen from a coworker's forklift pallet. The coworker did not see him picking up the boxes and continued to drive toward the employee crushing the employee's leg between a pallet on his forklift and the coworker's forklift. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and was hospitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 339891921 OPENED AUG 8, 2014Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 28,000 employees at the site · Closed Nov 14, 2014
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Orlando site logged 20 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 539 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 425 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Orlando Plant
Orlando · 2025
539
20
7
3.9
3.0
CC 44931 Orlando South Fac
Orlando · 2025
73
0
0
0.0
4.6
CC 44935 Jacksonville Fac
Jacksonville · 2025
53
0
0
0.0
4.6
CC 44933 Tampa Fac
Tampa · 2025
57
1
0
2.1
4.6
CC 44917 Pompano Beach Bulk 24
Pompano Beach · 2025
38
0
0
0.0
4.6
CC 44931 Orlando South Fac
Orlando · 2023
165
0
0
0.0
4.6
CC 44935 Jacksonville Fac
Jacksonville · 2023
92
0
0
0.0
4.6
CC 44933 Tampa Fac
Tampa · 2023
81
2
0
4.5
4.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 6 reports on file.
Oct 26, 2025, Orlando: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee's right middle fingertip was caught between a chain and a sprocket in a machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.
Oct 11, 2025, Orlando: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · thumb(s)
An employee was working to clear a jammed box in a box drop area. The employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between a box drop tray and a support bar.
Aug 15, 2023, Orlando: Hospitalization · fractures · hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
On August 15, 2023, an employee was bailing cardboard onto the baler conveyor belt when the their phone fell onto the conveyor belt. As the employee went to grab it, the conveyor belt caught their arm and pulled it in, resulting in a fractured forearm and hand.
On September 3, 2021, an employee was troubleshooting an extruder take-away conveyor. As the chain and sprocket was rotated, it pinched the employee's right index finger and the sprocket's teeth lacerated the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was medically amputated.
Mar 13, 2020, Orlando: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was pouring a corrosive cleaning chemical when it splashed in his eyes and onto his neck and shoulder. The bucket containing the chemical then fell, splashing his right leg as well. He suffered chemical burns to the eyes, neck, shoulder, and leg.
Jun 9, 2019, Orlando: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee was helping a forklift with its load. The forklift pinned the employee, causing a broken right tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Inside location. Approved dispensing units may be located inside of buildings. The dispensing area shall be separated from other areas in an approved manner. The dispensing unit and its piping shall be mounted either on a concrete island or protected against collision damage by suitable means and shall be located in a position where it cannot be struck by a vehicle descending a ramp or other slope out of control. The dispensing area shall be provided with an approved mechanical or gravity ventilation system. When dispensing units are located below grade, only approved mechanical ventilation shall be used and the entire dispensing area shall be protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system. Ventilating systems shall be electrically interlocked with gasoline dispensing units so that the dispensing units cannot be operated unless the ventilating fan motors are energized.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
29 CFR 1910.144 · Safety color code for marking physical hazards
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