General Mills, Inc. safety record at a glance
General Mills, Inc. has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 6, 2001 and Feb 10, 2022. 12 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $182,360 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $66,050. The largest single penalty, $36,405, came from an inspection opened Oct 30, 2008 in Bakersfield. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #942 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Vernon, Lodi, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Carson.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2022 | Vernon | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Jan 6, 2016 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 19, 2016 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Lodi | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2014 |
| Dec 11, 2013 | Lodi | Accident | 1 citation | $7,200 | $650 | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Lodi | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,875 | $1,500 | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Oct 13, 2011 | Lodi | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2013 |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2010 |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Lodi | Accident | 2 citations | $845 | $845 | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Oct 30, 2008 | Bakersfield | Accident | 8 citations 3 serious | $78,840 | $36,405 | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Lodi | Accident | 2 citations | $4,375 | $750 | Oct 11, 2009 |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Lodi | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 6, 2008 |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Apr 3, 2008 | Bakersfield | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2008 |
| Mar 14, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $22,500 | $1,350 | Mar 10, 2009 |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2007 |
| Aug 15, 2007 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $4,080 | $3,000 | Aug 26, 2010 |
| May 7, 2007 | Carson | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2007 |
| Feb 7, 2007 | Lodi | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Jul 23, 2004 | Lodi | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2005 |
| Feb 13, 2003 | Lodi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 21, 2003 |
| Aug 20, 2002 | Lodi | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2002 |
| Dec 6, 2001 | Lodi | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $38,435 | $14,700 | Feb 10, 2003 |
| Dec 6, 2001 | Lodi | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,810 | $6,450 | Feb 10, 2003 |
Also recorded as: General Mills; General Mills Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 8 citations, 3 serious, $34,200
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,050
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at General Mills, Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.