Establishment profile
PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.
115 PRESQUE ISLE ROAD, MARS HILL, ME, 04758
Operated by Post Holdings · 1 of 124 establishments
311991 — Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
EIN 273173851
Summary
PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $12,092 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 30 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
67% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $12,092 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $8,784 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $1,890 | May 2014 | May 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 A04 | 1 | 1 | $1,418 | May 2014 | May 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 |
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 most other employers in NAICS 3119 within ME. Peer group: 30 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.
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 190 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) · Nov 2017 – Jan 2022 · 1 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2022 | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Nov 16, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2022 | Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Brake,Caught Between,Crushed,Forklift,Fracture,Hand Control,Leg,Pallet,Palletized Cargo,Pinned,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Roll,Stack,Stand-Up Forklift,Storage Rack | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2017 | Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Finger,Jammed,Machine Guarding | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 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 PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, 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 PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, 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 PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY INC 115 PRESQUE ISLE ROAD · MARS HILL, ME, 04758 | AirWaterRCRA | Violation Identified QNCR 3 | 11 | 0 | — | May 2024 | 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 PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-01 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-11-17 | Referral | 2 | 1 | $8,784 | |
| 2014-04-21 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $3,308 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC. is one of 124 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Post Holdings.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Post Holdings across all 124 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Post Holdings, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- POST FOODS LLCBATTLE CREEK, MI — 3 federal enforcement records
- BOB EVANS FARMS, LLCBOWLING GREEN, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
- HENNINGSEN FOODS INC.NORFOLK, NE — 2 federal enforcement records
- BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.CINCINNATI, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
- BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.XENIA, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
- BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.BIDWELL, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
- MICHAEL FOODS INCGAYLORD, MN — 2 federal enforcement records
- FARM FRESH FOODS LLCGUNTERSVILLE, AL — 2 federal enforcement records
- PAPETTI'S HYGRADE EGG PRODUCTS, INC.ELIZABETH, NJ — 2 federal enforcement records
- PERFECTION PET FOODS LLC.VISALIA, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Post Holdings locationsParent rollup
- Perishable Prepared Food ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in MEState-wide enforcement data
- Perishable Prepared Food in MEIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, 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 Post Holdings, which operates 124 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $12,091.5 in total penalties.
- How does PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC. operates in the perishable prepared food manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1 compared to an industry average of 2.9.