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GENERAL MILLS INC.

2403 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WELLSTON, OH, 45692
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 127 establishments
311412Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing
EIN 411838090

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OSHA inspections
13
over 23 years
Violations
12
$82,619 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

GENERAL MILLS INC. has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 23 years of recorded history, with $82,619 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 77th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 45 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

GENERAL MILLS INC. 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 (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
13
0.6 / yr · last 23 yrs
Violations
12
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$82,619
$6,885 avg / violation
58% serious42% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 13

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $82,619 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$12,676Dec 2021Apr 2024
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$13,653Dec 2021Dec 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$13,653Dec 2021Dec 2021
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 III11$12,675Sep 2017Sep 2017
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0111$12,675Sep 2017Sep 2017
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I B11$8,450Sep 2017Sep 2017
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0111$3,481Jun 2021Jun 2021
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$3,481Jun 2021Jun 2021
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,875Apr 2004Apr 2004
29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 III11Jun 2021Jun 2021
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211Jun 2021Jun 2021

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

77th

Above average violations in NAICS 3114 within OH. Peer group: 45 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $6,000
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
4.4
vs industry
+2.5
TRIR
5.4
vs industry
+2.6

Reported for 986 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.4
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
8
Referral
4

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 2016 – Jun 2025 · 4 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
7
Amputations
1
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
Jun 14, 2025Fall on same level due to slip or tripUpper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
Jan 19, 2024Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
Jun 25, 2023Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Oct 8, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jan 9, 2018Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Oct 1, 2017Fall on same level due to slippingHip(s)Hospitalized
Jan 29, 2016Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedButtock(s)Hospitalized

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 8, 2021Belt Conveyor,Cleaning,Conveyor,Conveyor Belt,Food processing,Fracture,Hand,Nip Point,Operating,Unguarded11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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; 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 · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2013 – Jul 2013All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing1

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 GENERAL MILLS INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
29
Unfair labor practice
29

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.). 29 cases · 29 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
09-CA-314831Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Apr 2023ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-115630Unfair labor practiceOct 2013Dec 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-113222Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Nov 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-112871Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Mar 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-097684Unfair labor practiceFeb 2013Dec 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-083377Unfair labor practiceJun 2012Aug 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-082096Unfair labor practiceMay 2012Jun 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-078329Unfair labor practiceApr 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-078090Unfair labor practiceApr 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-039393Unfair labor practiceMar 2011Apr 2011ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-039209Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Mar 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-039207Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Mar 2011ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038887Unfair labor practiceApr 2010Apr 2010ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038878Unfair labor practiceApr 2010May 2010ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038126Unfair labor practiceJan 2009Mar 2009ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038108Unfair labor practiceJan 2009Feb 2009ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038084Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Feb 2009ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038080Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038078Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038071Unfair labor practiceDec 2008Dec 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038034Unfair labor practiceNov 2008Nov 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037106Unfair labor practiceMar 2007May 2007ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036835Unfair labor practiceOct 2006Nov 2006ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036792Unfair labor practiceSep 2006Oct 2006ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036115Unfair labor practiceSep 2005Oct 2005ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036114Unfair labor practiceSep 2005Oct 2005ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-035815Unfair labor practiceMay 2005Oct 2005ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
09-CA-038585Unfair labor practiceJul 2001Sep 2002ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
08-CA-031165Unfair labor practiceNov 1999Jul 2000ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

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 INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
11

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: 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
GENERAL MILLS INC
2403 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE · WELLSTON, OH, 45692
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 11
20Nov 2023View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for GENERAL MILLS INC.. 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
2024-01-25Referral11$12,676
2023-07-10Complaint0$0
2023-02-03Complaint0$0
2022-12-28Complaint0$0
2021-10-13Referral33$27,306
2021-04-15Complaint43$6,962
2018-03-28Complaint0$0
2017-08-25Complaint3$33,800
2013-05-09Complaint0$0
2005-04-04Complaint0$0
2004-03-31Planned1$1,875
2003-08-07Referral0$0
2002-10-17Referral0$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 INC. 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 employers in this industry and state

Other employers in frozen specialty food manufacturing within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by General Mills, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GENERAL MILLS INC. 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.

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Frequently asked

What is GENERAL MILLS INC.'s OSHA violation history?
GENERAL MILLS INC. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $82,619.2 in total penalties.
How does GENERAL MILLS INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
GENERAL MILLS INC. operates in the frozen specialty food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. GENERAL MILLS INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 4.4 compared to an industry average of 1.9.