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ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC.

8100 60TH STREET, KENOSHA, WI, 53144
Operated by Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc · 1 of 11 establishments
424410General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
7
over 9 years
Violations
3
$23,377 in penalties
Penalties
$23,377
$7,792 avg
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC. has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 9 years of recorded history, with $23,377 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 55th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 119 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record 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), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
7
0.8 / yr · last 9 yrs
Violations
3
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$23,377
$7,792 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 7
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 7

29% 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $23,377 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0811$16,550Jan 2026Jan 2026
29 CFR 1910.0176 A11$6,827Nov 2021Nov 2021
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611Nov 2021Nov 2021

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

55th

Above average violations in NAICS 4244 within WI. Peer group: 119 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $1,060
Inspection frequency
97th
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
11.9
vs industry
+8.5
TRIR
12.9
vs industry
+8.7

Reported for 334 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
12.9
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
1
Referral
4

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) · Jul 2017 – Mar 2018

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident

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
Mar 18, 2018Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentHeel(s)Hospitalized
Aug 26, 2017Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentToes(s), toenail(s)Amputation
Jul 20, 2017Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecifiedFoot (feet), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 10, 2017Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.BrainHospitalized

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
Jul 26, 2021Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Caught Between,Chest,Concussion,Contusion,Crushed,Forklift,Fracture,Head,Inexperience,Material Handling,Off Loading,Pallet,Palletized Cargo,Struck Against,Truck,Warehouse,Warehouse AisleFatality11
Nov 2, 2017Material Handling,Powered Industrial VehicleFatality11
Aug 26, 2017Barrier Guard,Caught Between,Foot,Fracture,Powered Industrial Vehicle11
Jul 20, 2017Foot,Fracture,Pallet,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Slippery Surface1

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 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 9 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

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)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS 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 ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS 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
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS
8100 60TH ST; BOUNDED BY HWY 158, CTH H, & CTH K · KENOSHA, WI, 53144
WaterNo 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.

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
2025-09-16Referral11$16,550
2021-09-28Referral0$0
2021-07-27Fatality/Catastrophe21$6,827
2017-11-02Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2017-09-05Referral0$0
2017-07-25Referral0$0
2017-06-02Complaint0$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 7 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $23,377 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 11.91 compared to an industry average of 3.4.
Has ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC..