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GENERAL MILLS INC

4800 EDGEWOOD RD SW, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 52404
Operated by General Mills · 1 of 127 establishments
31123Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
EIN 411838090

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OSHA inspections
3
over 46 years
Violations
12
$960 in penalties
Penalties
$960
$80 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

GENERAL MILLS INC has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 46 years of recorded history, with $960 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 18,581 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 21 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 46 yrs
Violations
12
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$960
$80 avg / violation
58% serious42% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · follow-up
1 of 3

33% of inspections at this establishment produced 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 · $960 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0121$180Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$300Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$300Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02505111$180Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I11Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVC11Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 04000411Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 IV11Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0106 D02 I11Feb 1980Feb 1980
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111Feb 1980Feb 1980

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

94th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3112 within IA. Peer group: 18,581 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
91st
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.8
TRIR
2.7
vs industry
−0.1

Reported for 90 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
2.7
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

Accident
2
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 INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 21+ years. Most recent activity: 21 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
Jun 2004 – Aug 2004Breakfast Cereal 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 IA — for General Mills, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-240127Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-227854Unfair labor practiceSep 2018Nov 2018ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-139438Unfair labor practiceOct 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-017056Unfair labor practiceOct 2003Dec 2003ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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
1984-07-17Accident0$0
1980-03-19Follow-up0$0
1980-01-23Accident127$960

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 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.

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 3 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $960 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 compared to an industry average of 1.8.