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GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION

1037 STATE STREET, CHESTER, IL, 62233
Operated by Gilster-Mary Lee corp · 1 of 3 establishments
311230Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
8
over 26 years
Violations
13
$27,273 in penalties
Penalties
$27,273
$2,098 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 1 hospitalizations · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION has accumulated 13 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 26 years of recorded history, with $27,273 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 83rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 66 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
8
0.3 / yr · last 26 yrs
Violations
13
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$27,273
$2,098 avg / violation
62% serious38% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 8

50% 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 13 citations in this view · $27,273 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$7,293Dec 2019Dec 2019
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$5,000Jul 2009Jul 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$4,900Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11$3,850Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$3,850Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$1,190Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 E0111$1,190Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0151 B11Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0211Feb 2000Feb 2000
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 II11Feb 2000Feb 2000

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

83rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3112 within IL. Peer group: 66 employers. This establishment has 13 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $4,250
Inspection frequency
88th
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
4.2
vs industry
+2.4
TRIR
5.6
vs industry
+2.8

Reported for 131 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
5.6
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
1
Accident
1
Referral
3

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) · Sep 2015 – Dec 2023 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
6
Hospitalizations
5
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
Dec 11, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.Hand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jun 18, 2022Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jun 25, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Feb 12, 2019Fall on same level due to tripping over an objectThigh(s)Hospitalized
Apr 4, 2016Fall on same level due to slippingArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 18, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningArm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Jun 25, 2019Amputated,Amputation,Door,Finger,Food processing,Guard,Hand,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Nip Point,Partial Amputation,Pinched,Point Of Operation,Unguarded11
Aug 3, 2012Fall,Head,Rib,Skull,Struck AgainstFatality11
Jun 3, 2009GUARDRAIL,ACETYLENE TORCH,FIRE,FALL,UNGUARDEDFatality11

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeNov 200911

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Dec 2007 – Nov 2009All Other Food ManufacturingFLSA10

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 GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for Gilster-Mary Lee corp, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 Gilster-Mary Lee corp 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-362867Unfair labor practiceMar 2025Apr 2025ClosedRegion 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

Total applications
1
Certified
1
Avg wage ratio
1.06x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
GILSTER-MARY LEE
STACEY ST · CHESTER, IL, 62233
AirNo Violation Identified00View →

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 GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-02-13Monitoring0$0
2022-06-29Referral0$0
2019-07-15Referral11$7,293
2015-09-28Referral44$12,600
2012-08-15Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2010-08-13Complaint0$0
2009-06-04Accident11$5,000
2000-01-31Planned72$2,380

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Gilster-Mary Lee corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Gilster-Mary Lee corp across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION 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 Gilster-Mary Lee corp, which operates 3 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 GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 13 violations and $27,273 in total penalties.
How does GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION operates in the breakfast cereal manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 4.22 compared to an industry average of 1.8.
Has GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving GILSTER-MARY LEE CORPORATION.