Establishment profile
HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.
145 NORTH BROADWAY, RUMFORD, RI, 02916
311812 — Commercial Bakeries
Summary
HOMESTEAD BAKING CO. has accumulated 55 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $37,729 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 24 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
HOMESTEAD BAKING CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
83% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · 26 citations in this view · $37,629 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 3 | 3 | $6,519 | Apr 1985 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0007 B03 | 3 | 1 | $750 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 2 | 2 | $150 | Apr 1985 | Nov 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 | 2 | 1 | — | Apr 1985 | Apr 1985 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $9,731 | Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I | 1 | 1 | $6,389 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 C01 | 1 | 1 | $3,315 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $2,652 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0039 A02 | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | $1,155 | May 2014 | May 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 B | 1 | 1 | $1,155 | May 2014 | May 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $500 | Aug 1994 | Aug 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B02 | 1 | 1 | $438 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $438 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0038 A01 | 1 | 1 | $375 | Aug 1994 | Aug 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $350 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III | 1 | 1 | $350 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0263 C03 | 1 | 1 | $350 | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II | 1 | 1 | $263 | Aug 2010 | Aug 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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3118 within RI. Peer group: 24 employers. This establishment has 55 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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.
Reported for 47 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
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
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 2017 – May 2018
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2018 | Caught In,Finger,Fracture,Roller--Mach/Part,Thumb | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Amputated,Caught By,Finger,Food Preparation,Maintenance,Rotating Parts | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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 · 12 violations · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Oct 2017 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — |
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 · $0 in backwages · 10 workers affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2015 – Oct 2017 | Commercial Bakeries | — | — | 10 | — | — |
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 HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.. 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 HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.. 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOMESTEAD BAKING CO 145 NORTH BROADWAY · EAST PROVIDENCE, RI, 02916 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Apr 2011 | View → |
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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
- Department of Veterans AffairsROLL, GRINDER, FRESH, 6", 15 OZ PGcontract · Last action 2007-11-06$653
- Department of Veterans AffairsROLL, GRINDER, FRESH, 6", 15 OZ PGcontract · Last action 2007-10-03$597
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Last action: 2007-11-06. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | Referral | 2 | 1 | $11,231 | |
| 2024-04-24 | Planned | 1 | — | $6,389 | |
| 2019-09-19 | Referral | 4 | 4 | $3,315 | |
| 2019-09-13 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $2,652 | |
| 2018-05-16 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $4,979 | |
| 2017-01-20 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2014-04-14 | Planned | 5 | 3 | $3,850 | |
| 2010-03-03 | Planned | 12 | 9 | $4,188 | |
| 2006-04-06 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1997-09-16 | Programmed Other | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-07-22 | Complaint | 6 | 5 | $875 | |
| 1985-03-20 | Planned | 21 | 4 | $250 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in commercial bakeries within RI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- OCEAN STATE CPLEAST PROVIDENCE — 3 federal enforcement records
- SWEETLAND FOODS, INC.PAWTUCKET — 1 federal enforcement record
- WESTCOTT BAKERYWEST WARWICK — 1 federal enforcement record
- CAVANAGH COMPANYGREENVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
- ESTRELA BAKERY INC.EAST PROVIDENCE — 1 federal enforcement record
- CALISE & SONS BAKERY, INC.PROVIDENCE — 1 federal enforcement record
- LASALLE BAKERY, INC.PROVIDENCE — 1 federal enforcement record
- BAKE FRESH COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND, LLCWESTERLY — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HOMESTEAD BAKING CO. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.'s OSHA violation history?
- HOMESTEAD BAKING CO. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 55 violations and $37,728.7 in total penalties.
- How does HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- HOMESTEAD BAKING CO. operates in the commercial bakeries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. HOMESTEAD BAKING CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.5.