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GENERAL MILLS INC

25 44TH AVE NE, FRIDLEY, MN, 55421
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 126 establishments
311230Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
EIN 411907831

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OSHA inspections
5
over 37 years
Violations
6
$3,658 in penalties
Penalties
$3,658
$610 avg

Summary

GENERAL MILLS INC has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $3,658 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 63rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 63 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 84th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

GENERAL MILLS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
6
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$3,658
$610 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 5

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 5 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $3,658 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1926.0304 F21$228Sep 1989Sep 1989
29 CFR 5205.089011$1,225Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01III11$735Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$735Oct 2010Oct 2010
29 CFR 1910.1026 L0111$735Oct 2010Oct 2010

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

63rd

Above average violations in NAICS 3112 within MN. Peer group: 63 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
61st
peer median: $2,000
Inspection frequency
84th
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
0.3
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
0.5
vs industry
−2.4

Reported for 1,000 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
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.5
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
5

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 INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 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 INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

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)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for GENERAL MILLS INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 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
2010-09-21Planned1$735
2010-09-21Planned33$2,695
1990-06-06Planned0$0
1989-08-16Planned21$228
1989-01-30Planned0$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 126 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 126 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in breakfast cereal manufacturing within MN, 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. 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 126 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 5 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $3,658 in total penalties.
How does GENERAL MILLS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
GENERAL MILLS INC operates in the breakfast cereal manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. GENERAL MILLS INC's self-reported DART rate is 0.27 compared to an industry average of 1.8.