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HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC

1969 VICTORY DRIVE, COLUMBUS, GA, 31901
Operated by Hostess Brands · 1 of 29 establishments
311812Commercial Bakeries

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OSHA inspections
5
over 10 years
Violations
9
$229,415 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 10 years of recorded history, with $229,415 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 83rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 103 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 86th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 months ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
5
0.5 / yr · last 10 yrs
Violations
9
0.9 / yr
Penalties
$229,415
$25,491 avg / violation
44% serious56% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 5
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 5

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 8 distinct standards shown · 9 citations in this view · $229,415 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0222$9,086Sep 2016Oct 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 F01 II11$110,000Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$76,334Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$12,500Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$7,634Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$7,500Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III11$6,362Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11Oct 2020Oct 2020

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 3118 within GA. Peer group: 103 employers. This establishment has 9 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,659
Inspection frequency
86th
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
4.3
vs industry
+1.8
TRIR
4.7
vs industry
+1.0

Reported for 365 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
3.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.7
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

Complaint
2
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) · Jun 2016 – Oct 2022 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
2
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
Oct 28, 2022Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jun 21, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
4 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 4 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$6,230
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 · 1 violation · $6,230 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jul 2021111$6,230

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 · $6,230 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2021 – Jul 2021Retail BakeriesFMLA11$6,230

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 HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in GA — for Hostess Brands, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
4
Representation (union)
2

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 Hostess Brands 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 · 4 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-293253Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Jul 2023ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-266636Unfair labor practiceSep 2020Sep 2020ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-239524Representation electionApr 2019May 2019ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-135025Unfair labor practiceAug 2014Oct 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-127103Representation electionApr 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-106686Unfair labor practiceJun 2013Jun 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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 HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
0
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Significant Violation.

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 significant noncompliance.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC
1969 VICTORY DRIVE · COLUMBUS, GA, 31901
AirWaterRCRASignificant Violation
QNCR 12
00Feb 1988View →

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 HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-03-06Referral0$0
2022-11-08Referral31$130,000
2022-07-21Complaint0$0
2020-06-17Complaint52$90,329
2016-06-30Referral11$9,086

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC is one of 29 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Hostess Brands.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Hostess Brands across all 29 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in commercial bakeries within GA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Hostess Brands, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC 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 Hostess Brands, which operates 29 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 HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC's OSHA violation history?
HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $229,415.4 in total penalties.
How does HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC operates in the commercial bakeries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. HOSTESS BRANDS, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 4.26 compared to an industry average of 2.5.