Establishment profile
GEHL FOODS, LLC
N116 W15970 MAIN ST, GERMANTOWN, WI, 53022
Operated by Gehl Foods, LLC
311991 — Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
EIN 390300460
Summary
GEHL FOODS, LLC has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $20,920 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 147 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
GEHL FOODS, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
86% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $20,920 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III | 2 | 2 | — | Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 II | 1 | 1 | $5,830 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $5,500 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C02 | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | Mar 2014 | Mar 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $2,550 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I | 1 | 1 | $2,040 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2014 | Mar 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 III | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2014 | Mar 2014 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3119 within WI. Peer group: 147 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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.
Reported for 272 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
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
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) · Jul 2015 – Oct 2023 · 1 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2023 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Jan 21, 2016 | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
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)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Dec 2013 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2011 – Dec 2013 | Cheese Manufacturing | FLSA | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for GEHL FOODS, 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 GEHL FOODS, LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GEHL FOODS, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
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). 2 facilities.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GEHL FOODS W185N11300 WHITNEY DR. · GERMANTOWN, WI, 53022 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
GEHL FOODS N116W15970 MAIN STREET · GERMANTOWN, WI, 53022 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
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)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for GEHL FOODS, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $5,500 | |
| 2022-01-21 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2016-06-07 | Referral | 3 | 2 | $5,830 | |
| 2015-08-05 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $4,590 | |
| 2014-04-23 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2014-04-23 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2013-10-04 | Complaint | 3 | 2 | $5,000 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
GEHL FOODS, LLC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Gehl Foods, LLC.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Gehl Foods, LLC across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in perishable prepared food manufacturing within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS, INC.KENOSHA — 2 federal enforcement records
- KITCHEN FRESH FOODS, LLCGREEN BAY — 2 federal enforcement records
- KITCHEN FRESH FOOD, LLCGREEN BAY — 1 federal enforcement record
- KROGERSKENOSHA — 1 federal enforcement record
- GOOD FOODS GROUP, LLCPLEASANT PRAIRIE — 1 federal enforcement record
- THE FRESH GROUP LTD.GLENDALE — 1 federal enforcement record
- COUNTRY MAID, INC.MILWAUKEE — 1 federal enforcement record
- GARDEN-FRESH FOODS, INC.MILWAUKEE — 1 federal enforcement record
- GOOD FOODS, LLCPLEASANT PRAIRIE — 1 federal enforcement record
- DAWN'S FOODS, INCPORTAGE — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Gehl Foods, LLC locationsParent rollup
- Perishable Prepared Food ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in WIState-wide enforcement data
- Perishable Prepared Food in WIIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GEHL FOODS, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is GEHL FOODS, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- GEHL FOODS, LLC has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $20,920 in total penalties.
- How does GEHL FOODS, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- GEHL FOODS, LLC operates in the perishable prepared food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. GEHL FOODS, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 0.7 compared to an industry average of 2.9.