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FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC

6490 PARKLAND DR, SARASOTA, FL, 34243
Operated by Flowers Foods · 1 of 175 establishments
311812Commercial Bakeries
EIN 581723981

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OSHA inspections
5
over 16 years
Violations
3
$3,750 in penalties
Penalties
$3,750
$1,250 avg
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $3,750 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 127 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.3 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
3
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$3,750
$1,250 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 5
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 5

40% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $3,750 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$1,875Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,875Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 I11Apr 2015Apr 2015

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

74th

Above average violations in NAICS 3118 within FL. Peer group: 127 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
68th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
95th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
1.7
vs industry
−0.8
TRIR
3.7
vs industry
0.0

Reported for 319 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Complaint
3
Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jun 2016 – Oct 2018

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Oct 10, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jun 19, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
FLOWERS BAKING COMPANY OF BRADENTON, LLC
6490 PARKLAND DRIVE · SARASOTA, FL, 34243
AirWaterNo Violation Identified30Jan 2026View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
902237
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$4.5M
Awards
109
Top agency
Department of Justice
$3.7M
Company-wide — FLOWERS FOODS INC (across 31 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$2.4M
Obligated (all-time)
$108.5M
Awards (all-time)
44,427

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Justice$3.7M
Department of Defense$874K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 311812 - COMMERCIAL BAKERIES. Last action: 2016-01-11. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-06-26Complaint0$0
2023-02-21Complaint0$0
2018-10-19Referral0$0
2015-01-30Complaint1$0
2010-08-27Planned22$3,750

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC is one of 175 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Flowers Foods.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Flowers Foods across all 175 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in commercial bakeries within FL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Flowers Foods, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Flowers Foods, which operates 175 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC's OSHA violation history?
FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $3,750 in total penalties.
How does FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC operates in the commercial bakeries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. FLOWERS BAKING CO. OF BRADENTON, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 1.68 compared to an industry average of 2.5.