diff --git a/src/lib/events.js b/src/lib/events.js
index 75f4477f0..cfcd9624e 100644
--- a/src/lib/events.js
+++ b/src/lib/events.js
@@ -18,33 +18,34 @@ export const VIEWER_EVENT = {
 // Error codes logged by preview with "preview_error" events
 export const ERROR_CODE = {
     ACCOUNT: 'error_account',
-    UNSUPPORTED_FILE_TYPE: 'error_unsupported_file_type',
-    PERMISSIONS_PREVIEW: 'error_permissions_preview',
     BAD_INPUT: 'error_bad_input',
+    BROWSER_GENERIC: 'error_browser_generic',
+    BROWSER_UNSUPPORTED: 'error_browser_unsupported',
+    CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: 'error_content_download',
+    CONVERSION_GENERIC: 'error_conversion_generic',
+    CONVERSION_PASSWORD_PROTECTED: 'error_password_protected',
+    CONVERSION_TRY_AGAIN_LATER: 'error_try_again_later',
+    CONVERSION_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT: 'error_unsupported_format',
     DELETED_REPS: 'error_deleted_reps',
+    EXCEEDED_RETRY_LIMIT: 'error_exceeded_retry_limit',
+    FLASH_NOT_ENABLED: 'error_flash_not_enabled',
+    GENERIC: 'error_generic',
+    IMAGE_SIZING: 'error_image_sizing',
+    INVALID_CACHE_ATTEMPT: 'error_invalid_file_for_cache',
     LOAD_ANNOTATIONS: 'error_load_annotations',
     LOAD_ASSET: 'error_load_asset',
     LOAD_CSV: 'error_load_csv',
     LOAD_DOCUMENT: 'error_load_document',
     LOAD_MEDIA: 'error_load_media',
     LOAD_VIEWER: 'error_load_viewer',
-    IMAGE_SIZING: 'error_image_sizing',
-    SHAKA: 'error_shaka',
-    INVALID_CACHE_ATTEMPT: 'error_invalid_file_for_cache',
+    NOT_DOWNLOADABLE: 'error_file_not_downloadable',
+    PARSE_CSV: 'error_parse_csv',
+    PERMISSIONS_PREVIEW: 'error_permissions_preview',
     PREFETCH_FILE: 'error_prefetch_file',
     RATE_LIMIT: 'error_rate_limit',
-    EXCEEDED_RETRY_LIMIT: 'error_exceeded_retry_limit',
-    BROWSER_GENERIC: 'error_browser_generic',
-    BROWSER_UNSUPPORTED: 'error_browser_unsupported',
-    NOT_DOWNLOADABLE: 'error_file_not_downloadable',
-    GENERIC: 'error_generic',
-    CONVERSION_GENERIC: 'error_conversion_generic',
-    CONVERSION_PASSWORD_PROTECTED: 'error_password_protected',
-    CONVERSION_TRY_AGAIN_LATER: 'error_try_again_later',
-    CONVERSION_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT: 'error_unsupported_format',
+    SHAKA: 'error_shaka',
+    UNSUPPORTED_FILE_TYPE: 'error_unsupported_file_type',
     VIEWER_LOAD_TIMEOUT: 'error_viewer_load_timeout',
-    CONTENT_DOWNLOAD: 'error_content_download',
-    FLASH_NOT_ENABLED: 'error_flash_not_enabled',
 };
 
 // Event fired from Preview with error details
diff --git a/src/lib/viewers/text/CSVViewer.js b/src/lib/viewers/text/CSVViewer.js
index 3c0d6c0c2..f67b7aed2 100644
--- a/src/lib/viewers/text/CSVViewer.js
+++ b/src/lib/viewers/text/CSVViewer.js
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ import { ERROR_CODE, VIEWER_EVENT } from '../../events';
 import PreviewError from '../../PreviewError';
 
 const JS = [`third-party/text/${TEXT_STATIC_ASSETS_VERSION}/papaparse.min.js`, 'csv.js'];
+const PAPAPARSE_ERROR_TYPES = {
+    DELIMITER: 'Delimiter',
+    FIELD_MISMATCH: 'FieldMismatch',
+    QUOTES: 'Quotes',
+};
+const ERROR_PRIORITY = {
+    [PAPAPARSE_ERROR_TYPES.DELIMITER]: 0,
+    [PAPAPARSE_ERROR_TYPES.QUOTES]: 1,
+    [PAPAPARSE_ERROR_TYPES.FIELD_MISMATCH]: 2,
+};
 
 class CSVViewer extends TextBaseViewer {
     /**
@@ -67,6 +77,9 @@ class CSVViewer extends TextBaseViewer {
                             if (this.isDestroyed() || !results) {
                                 return;
                             }
+
+                            this.checkForParseErrors(results);
+
                             this.data = results.data;
                             this.finishLoading();
                             URL.revokeObjectURL(workerSrc);
@@ -77,6 +90,36 @@ class CSVViewer extends TextBaseViewer {
             .catch(this.handleAssetError);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks for parse errors and if present triggers an error silently
+     * @param {Array} results.errors Papaparse results errors array
+     * @return {void}
+     */
+    checkForParseErrors({ errors = [] } = {}) {
+        if (!errors.length) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const parseError = this.getWorstParseError(errors);
+
+        const error = new PreviewError(ERROR_CODE.PARSE_CSV, undefined, {
+            ...parseError,
+            silent: true,
+        });
+
+        this.triggerError(error);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility to sort the PapaParse errors by most significant and returning the first.
+     * The significance is defined as DELIMTER > QUOTES > FIELD_MISMATCH
+     * @param {Array} errors Array of errors from PapaParse parse results
+     * @return {Object} returns PapaParse error or undefined
+     */
+    getWorstParseError(errors = []) {
+        return errors.sort((a, b) => ERROR_PRIORITY[a.type] - ERROR_PRIORITY[b.type])[0];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Prefetches assets for CSV Viewer.
      *
diff --git a/src/lib/viewers/text/__tests__/CSVViewer-test.js b/src/lib/viewers/text/__tests__/CSVViewer-test.js
index 76b1b122a..27914b54b 100644
--- a/src/lib/viewers/text/__tests__/CSVViewer-test.js
+++ b/src/lib/viewers/text/__tests__/CSVViewer-test.js
@@ -202,4 +202,55 @@ describe('lib/viewers/text/CSVViewer', () => {
             expect(csv.emit).to.be.calledWith(VIEWER_EVENT.load);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('checkForParseErrors()', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            stubs.getWorstParseError = sandbox.stub(csv, 'getWorstParseError');
+            stubs.triggerError = sandbox.stub(csv, 'triggerError');
+        });
+
+        it('should do nothing if no errors', () => {
+            csv.checkForParseErrors();
+
+            expect(stubs.triggerError).not.to.be.called;
+        });
+
+        it('should trigger error with a parse error', () => {
+            stubs.getWorstParseError.returns({ foo: 'bar' });
+
+            csv.checkForParseErrors({ errors: [{ foo: 'bar' }] });
+
+            expect(stubs.triggerError).to.be.called;
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('getWorstParseError()', () => {
+        const delimiterError = { type: 'Delimiter' };
+        const fieldsMismatchError = { type: 'FieldMismatch', id: 1 };
+        const fieldsMismatchError2 = { type: 'FieldMismatch', id: 2 };
+        const quotesError = { type: 'Quotes' };
+
+        [
+            { name: 'should return undefined if empty array', errors: [], expectedError: undefined },
+            {
+                name: 'should return delimiter type if present',
+                errors: [fieldsMismatchError, delimiterError, quotesError],
+                expectedError: delimiterError,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'should return quotes type if no delimiter type in array',
+                errors: [fieldsMismatchError, quotesError],
+                expectedError: quotesError,
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'should return fields mismatch type if no other type present',
+                errors: [fieldsMismatchError, fieldsMismatchError2],
+                expectedError: fieldsMismatchError,
+            },
+        ].forEach(({ name, errors, expectedError }) => {
+            it(`${name}`, () => {
+                expect(csv.getWorstParseError(errors)).to.be.eql(expectedError);
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });