Establishment profile
GENERAL MILLS
54 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, BUFFALO, NY, 14203
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 127 establishments
311230 — Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
EIN 411907831
Summary
GENERAL MILLS has accumulated 36 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $22,350 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 26 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.
Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
GENERAL MILLS appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification, 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
50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3112 within NY. Peer group: 26 employers. This establishment has 36 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 300 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) · Jan 2019
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2019 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; final payment may differ. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Backwages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 | Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing | — | 1 |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public.
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 NY — for General Mills, not this location alone
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.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for GENERAL MILLS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.
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.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-23 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2006-09-13 | Complaint | 4 | — | $2,500 | |
| 1993-10-05 | Planned | 3 | 3 | $1,850 | |
| 1993-03-30 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1991-11-04 | Complaint | 27 | 18 | $18,000 | |
| 1986-08-12 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1985-12-30 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1983-09-14 | Planned | 2 | — | $0 |
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
Other establishments operated by General Mills, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- GENERAL MILLS INC.WELLSTON, OH — 4 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS INC.KANSAS CITY, MO — 3 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS INCCEDAR RAPIDS, IA — 3 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLSHANNIBAL, MO — 3 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLSCEDAR RAPIDS, IA — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS, INC.LODI, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS LLCGREAT FALLS, MT — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLSLODI, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS INCVERNON, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL MILLS INCBuffalo, NY — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All General Mills locationsParent rollup
- Breakfast Cereal ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in NYState-wide enforcement data
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Contact sales →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.
Frequently asked
- What is GENERAL MILLS's OSHA violation history?
- GENERAL MILLS has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 36 violations and $22,350 in total penalties.
- How does GENERAL MILLS's safety record compare to its industry?
- GENERAL MILLS operates in the breakfast cereal manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. GENERAL MILLS's self-reported DART rate is 4.58 compared to an industry average of 1.8.