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ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

5000 KANSAS AVE., KANSAS CITY, KS, 66106
Operated by Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc · 1 of 11 establishments
424410General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
18
over 43 years
Violations
33
$77,800 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. has accumulated 33 OSHA violations across 18 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $77,800 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 68 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
18
0.4 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
33
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$77,800
$2,358 avg / violation
15% serious85% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
12 of 18
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 18

33% of inspections at this establishment produced 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 · 21 citations in this view · $77,800 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0176 B22Nov 1982Feb 1984
29 CFR 1910.0119 I02 I11$15,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0411$10,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 D02 I11$10,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 XI11$6,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0111$5,500Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$5,000Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0311$5,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 I11$5,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0111$4,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 C0211$4,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 H02 I11$4,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,000Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$1,500Jan 2001Jan 2001
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$800Mar 2007Mar 2007
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111Apr 2004Apr 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0211Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I11Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11Aug 2001Aug 2001
29 CFR 1910.0119 G01 II11Aug 2001Aug 2001

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 4244 within KS. Peer group: 68 employers. This establishment has 33 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $381
Inspection frequency
100th
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
3.3
vs industry
−0.1
TRIR
3.3
vs industry
−0.9

Reported for 484 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
4.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.3
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
4
Complaint
12
Accident
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) · Apr 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway

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
Apr 22, 2021Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadwayHead, unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Jan 7, 1993REPAIR,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,HOIST,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,BOLT,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECTFatality11

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
3
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
3

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 · 4 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 2009 – Mar 201734

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. 3 cases · 4 violations · $0 in backwages · 3 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2017General Line Grocery Merchant WholesalersFMLA11
Mar 2013 – Apr 2013General Line Grocery Merchant WholesalersFMLA11
Jan 2009Food Service ContractorsFMLA21

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 ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in KS — for Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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 Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc 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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
14-CA-180408Unfair labor practiceJul 2016Dec 2017ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
14-CA-126846Unfair labor practiceApr 2014Apr 2014ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-024630Unfair labor practiceAug 2009Jun 2010ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
17-CA-022685Unfair labor practiceApr 2004Apr 2004ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
5000 KANSAS AVE. · KANSAS CITY, KS, 66106
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified10May 2024View →
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS
417 S 42ND · KANSAS CITY, KS, 66106
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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
2215547

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 ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-08-21Referral0$0
2024-06-17Complaint0$0
2017-02-22Complaint0$0
2010-01-19Complaint0$0
2007-03-13Planned1$800
2004-01-07Programmed Related1$0
2000-07-12Planned0$0
2000-07-05Programmed Related285$77,000
1994-05-25Complaint0$0
1993-01-11Accident0$0
1991-09-18Complaint0$0
1990-11-08Complaint0$0
1988-07-20Complaint0$0
1985-05-14Complaint0$0
1984-06-13Complaint1$0
1984-02-14Complaint1$0
1983-08-09Complaint0$0
1982-11-03Complaint1$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. is one of 11 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc across all 11 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, 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 Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc, which operates 11 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 ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. has 18 OSHA inspections on record with 33 violations and $77,800 in total penalties.
How does ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. operates in the general line grocery merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.33 compared to an industry average of 3.4.
Has ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC..