WASHINGTON DC. WA, August 27, 2026 — The produce company linked to a recent outbreak of the parasite cyclospora has repeatedly missed required filings at the U.S. level. Investigators reviewed federal records and found the company had not submitted injury logs at multiple sites. This also includes a minimum of four sites where workers had been killed or seriously injured.
Between 2021 and 2025, at least 17 Taylor Farms facilities had to submit yearly injury reports. In the subsequent year, only five to seven facilities submitted the mandatory report. That’s well below the industry average, which is about 78% for reporting numbers.
Serious Safety Incidents
OSHA tracks injury counts and other safety information at higher-hazard worksites with annual submissions due by March 2 each year. Most Taylor Farms facilities are subject to that requirement, which is maintained on the OSHA Injury Tracking Data Page.
OSHA Citations and Disputed Findings
Last year, a worker cleaning scalding equipment died at a Taylor Farms plant in Swedesboro, New Jersey. OSHA reports indicate the equipment was utilized to process fruits and vegetables using boiling water. In the wake of the incident, OSHA proposed a major fine against the company for willfully and repeatedly violating safety standards.
Those citations have been contested by Taylor Farms, which has not made public the basis of its contest. The company declined to comment on why it contested the fine, though it stated it recently invested in a new workplace safety reporting software.
It also follows the hospitalization of 13 workers after an ammonia leak at a Taylor Farms plant in North Kingstown back in November. After the leak, OSHA inspectors proposed $23,000 in citations.
Taylor Farms has also disputed those citations. That adds up to a total of almost $1.8 million in citations for the company since 2021, details of which appear on the OSHA Enforcement Search Database. Additional data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics via the Bureau of Labor Statistics Injuries Portal, while ongoing tracking of product safety is updated at the CDC Foodborne Outbreak Tracking Center.
