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SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.

94 ASHLAND AVENUE, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA, 01550
Operated by Hostess Brands · 1 of 29 establishments
311812Commercial Bakeries

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OSHA inspections
4
over 43 years
Violations
18
$9,950 in penalties
Penalties
$9,950
$553 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. has accumulated 18 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $9,950 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 151 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
18
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$9,950
$553 avg / violation
39% serious61% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 4

100% 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 18 citations in this view · $9,950 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0122Aug 1982Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0145 C02 I11$8,000Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 II11$1,250Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$350Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$350Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0263 I07 III11Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0311Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111Dec 1984Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11Dec 1984Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0038 B0111Dec 1984Dec 1984
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111Aug 1982Aug 1982
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0211Aug 1982Aug 1982
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11Aug 1982Aug 1982
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111Aug 1982Aug 1982
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11Aug 1982Aug 1982

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3118 within MA. Peer group: 151 employers. This establishment has 18 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
77th
peer median: $3,200
Inspection frequency
93rd
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
15.8
vs industry
+13.2
TRIR
18.5
vs industry
+14.8

Reported for 235 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
18.5
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
2
Complaint
1
Referral
1

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) · Mar 2017 – Oct 2019

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
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 19, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation
Mar 23, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Mar 23, 2017Amputated,Amputation,Caught By,Conveyor,Conveyor Belt,Finger11

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
9 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 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 SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, 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 SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, 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 SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS INC
105 ASHLAND AVE · SOUTHBRIDGE, MA, 01550
AirNo Violation Identified00Sep 2010View →

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)

DOT number
2013325
Operation
A

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 SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-03-30Referral33$8,000
2006-10-05Complaint54$1,950
1984-12-20Planned4$0
1982-08-05Planned6$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. 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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, 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 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 SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 18 violations and $9,950 in total penalties.
How does SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. operates in the commercial bakeries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 15.75 compared to an industry average of 2.5.