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GENERAL MILLS INC.

2917 GUINOTTE AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO, 64120
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 127 establishments
311211Flour Milling

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OSHA inspections
20
over 48 years
Violations
22
$47,247 in penalties
Penalties
$47,247
$2,148 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

GENERAL MILLS INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 20 inspections over 48 years of recorded history, with $47,247 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 35 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 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, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
20
0.4 / yr · last 48 yrs
Violations
22
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$47,247
$2,148 avg / violation
68% serious32% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 20
Inspection trigger · follow-up
5 of 20

25% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $47,247 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$14,818Feb 1978Feb 2024
5A000121$615Feb 1978Feb 1978
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$14,518Feb 2024Feb 2024
29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 IV11$8,296Feb 2024Feb 2024
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0211$3,500May 1995May 1995
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q06 IIA11$2,000Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 II11$1,250Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0511$1,250Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$420Feb 1978Feb 1978
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$240Feb 1978Feb 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 05000211$240Feb 1978Feb 1978
29 CFR 1904.0004 A11$100Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 IX11Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0611Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 XI11Dec 2003Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.1200 F0411Jul 1988Jul 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0111Jul 1988Jul 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811Jul 1988Jul 1988
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 I11Feb 1978Feb 1978
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11Feb 1978Feb 1978

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3112 within MO. Peer group: 35 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
94th
peer median: $4,000
Inspection frequency
100th
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
6.0
vs industry
+3.8
TRIR
6.3
vs industry
+3.2

Reported for 500 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
3.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.3
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
4
Complaint
8
Accident
1
Referral
2

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) · Aug 2023

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat

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
Aug 12, 2023Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

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
Dec 3, 1994OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,ASPHYXIATED,WORK RULES,GAS,CARBON DIOXIDE,INATTENTIONFatality11

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 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 · 2 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 202212

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 · 2 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2021 – Jan 2022General Line Grocery Merchant WholesalersFMLA21

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 MO — for General Mills, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
6

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.). 6 cases · 6 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-326642Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Feb 2024ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-281745Unfair labor practiceAug 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-269290Unfair labor practiceNov 2020Mar 2021ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-096532Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Mar 2013ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-024441Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Mar 2009ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-023983Unfair labor practiceOct 2007Nov 2007ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GENERAL MILLS INC.. 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 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
2023-08-31Referral33$37,332
2022-06-23Complaint0$0
2015-10-07Referral0$0
2010-05-10Planned0$0
2003-07-09Complaint73$4,600
1994-12-04Accident11$3,500
1990-12-13Complaint0$0
1990-11-19Complaint0$0
1989-12-04Complaint0$0
1988-06-17Complaint3$0
1987-06-12Complaint0$0
1985-05-03Planned0$0
1982-04-13Planned0$0
1980-08-22Follow-up0$0
1980-05-01Follow-up0$0
1979-12-20Complaint0$0
1978-08-22Follow-up0$0
1978-05-17Follow-up0$0
1978-03-16Follow-up0$0
1978-01-23Planned88$1,815

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.

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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.

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 INC.'s OSHA violation history?
GENERAL MILLS INC. has 20 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $47,247 in total penalties.
How does GENERAL MILLS INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
GENERAL MILLS INC. operates in the flour milling industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.1. GENERAL MILLS INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 5.97 compared to an industry average of 2.2.
Has GENERAL MILLS INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving GENERAL MILLS INC..