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EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC is a cheese manufacturing employer in CONEWANGO VALLEY, NY. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 5 violations and $5,700 in penalties. 1 Wage & Hour Division enforcement case on record. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.

Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 2, 2026.

EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC

6016 ROUTE 62, CONEWANGO VALLEY, NY, 14726

Parent: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (1,322 locations)

311513 Top companies in Cheese Manufacturing

Federal Enforcement
1
OSHA inspection
5 violations
$5,700 in penalties
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues.

Industry Benchmark

Industry Avg TRIR
4.3
Industry Avg DART
3
Industry rates from BLS SOII 2024. Self-reported rates from OSHA ITA.
OSHA Inspections
1
OSHA Violations
5
Total Penalties
$5,700
Trend
STABLE
WHD Cases
1
Back Wages Owed
$3,793.43
Confidence
MEDIUM
SVEP Flag
No

Data Insights

History Span
13 years
Last Activity
10yr ago
Inspection Rate
0.1/yr
Violation Rate
0.5/yr
Violation Severity Mix
80% serious$1,140 avg per violation$5,700 avg per inspection
Avg Back Wages / Employee
$237
Avg Back Wages / Case
$3,793
Active Agencies:
OSHAWHD$9,493.43 total across all agencies

Inspection Breakdown

Complaint
1
Complaint and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
Violation rate: 100% of inspections

Peer Comparison

65%
Above average violations
vs 111 employers in same industry & state
Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty Percentile
60%

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SEC Enforcement(4)

$78,779,070 totallast: 2023-09-22

SEC Litigation Releases filed against HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC— every public-company employer profile shows the parent's SEC enforcement history. Source: sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.

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Inspection History

No inspection records found.

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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.

Part of a larger organization

EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC is one of 1,322 establishments in our dataset that roll up under the parent organization HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC is a SEC public reporter (HOVNP), with most recent reported revenue of $3.0B.

Federal enforcement records on EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC represent activity at this specific establishment. The full enforcement footprint of HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC across all 1,322 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other establishments operated by HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC

Other employers in Cheese Manufacturing within NY

Industry context

Within the cheese manufacturing industry in NY, EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC ranks in the 65th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 111 comparable establishments.

OSHA penalty totals rank in the 60th percentile of the same peer group.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 4.3 for the cheese manufacturing sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 3.

Activity timeline

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 11 years.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC's OSHA violation history?
EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 5 violations and $5,700 in total penalties.
How does EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC operates in the cheese manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.3.

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC of CONEWANGO VALLEY, NY from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 5 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, DOL Wage and Hour Division enforcement, SEC Litigation Releases, SEC XBRL companyfacts (parent financials), and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 12 sources were checked and found no matching records: MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 2, 2026. EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLC resolves to the parent rollup HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC, which operates 1,322 establishments in our dataset.

This profile may be incomplete if EMPIRE SPECIALTY CHEESE CO. LLCoperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.