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GENERAL MILLS

104 59TH SOUTH MUSKEGON, CHICAGO, IL, 60617
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 127 establishments
EIN 411838090

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OSHA inspections
8
over 42 years
Violations
10
$980 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

GENERAL MILLS has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $980 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,455 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 30 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 42 yrs
Violations
10
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$980
$98 avg / violation
40% serious60% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 8
Inspection trigger · follow-up
1 of 8

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers. Peer group: 76,455 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
83rd
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
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
TRIR
2.4
vs industry

Reported for 570 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.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
6
Follow-up
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 30+ years. Most recent activity: 30 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 GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for General Mills, not this location alone

Total cases
9
Unfair labor practice
9

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other General Mills locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 9 cases · 9 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-106422Unfair labor practiceJun 2013Jul 2013ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-096808Unfair labor practiceJan 2013May 2014ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046170Unfair labor practiceJul 2010Sep 2010ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046094Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Nov 2010ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-046079Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Jan 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-045972Unfair labor practiceApr 2010Nov 2011ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-045421Unfair labor practiceJul 2009Oct 2010ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-045054Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Feb 2009ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-045049Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Jun 2010ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — GENERAL MILLS INC (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$-4028.17
Obligated (all-time)
$1.0B
Awards (all-time)
99

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1996-05-16Unprogrammed Related0$0
1989-10-19Complaint0$0
1989-05-05Complaint1$105
1989-01-31Complaint0$0
1989-01-04Complaint5$280
1988-08-30Complaint0$0
1984-03-26Follow-up0$0
1983-06-23Complaint44$595

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

GENERAL MILLS is one of 127 establishments rolled up under the parent organization General Mills.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of General Mills across all 127 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GENERAL MILLS 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup General Mills, which operates 127 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is GENERAL MILLS's OSHA violation history?
GENERAL MILLS has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $980 in total penalties.