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ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC.

3201 EAST DIVISION STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MO, 65802
Operated by Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc · 1 of 11 establishments
424410General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
13
over 43 years
Violations
36
$50,352 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 hospitalizations · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS INC. has accumulated 36 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $50,352 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 77 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years 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, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
13
0.3 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
36
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$50,352
$1,399 avg / violation
64% serious36% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 13
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 13

54% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 21 citations in this view · $44,252 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0303 F21$3,713Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$4,000Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$4,000Nov 2011Nov 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 II11$4,000Nov 2011Nov 2011
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$3,500Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111$3,000Nov 2011Nov 2011
29 CFR 1910.0024 B11$2,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$2,000Nov 1994Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 III11$1,800Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0178 K0111$1,750Mar 2000Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0179 H0411$1,553Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,487Apr 2008Apr 2008
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0111$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0184 E03 II11$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0333 A11$1,463Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,400Jun 1994Jun 1994
29 CFR 1910.0253 A0411$1,275Apr 2008Apr 2008

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4244 within MO. Peer group: 77 employers. This establishment has 36 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $3,188
Inspection frequency
99th
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
9.3
vs industry
+5.9
TRIR
10.3
vs industry
+6.1

Reported for 497 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
10.3
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
5
Complaint
5
Referral
2
Follow-up
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) · Feb 2018

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area

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
Feb 2, 2018Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway areaToes(s), toenail(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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Feb 2, 2018Agriculture,Amputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Foot,Powered Industrial Vehicle11

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
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$146
Employees affected
2

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 · 2 violations · $146 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jul 2009 – Sep 2012221$146

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. 2 cases · 2 violations · $146 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2012 – Sep 2012General Line Grocery Merchant WholesalersFMLA11
Jul 2009Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant WholesalersFMLA11$146

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 MO — for Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
17-CA-019515Unfair labor practiceJan 1998Oct 1998ClosedRegion 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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
3201 E. DIVISION ST · SPRINGFIELD, MO, 65802
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Mar 2023View →

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
2018-02-06Referral0$0
2016-09-28Referral0$0
2016-07-07Complaint0$0
2015-02-26Planned2$5,000
2013-08-07Planned32$5,500
2011-10-18Planned3$11,000
2008-03-20Planned82$4,552
2000-02-15Complaint11$1,750
1994-11-15Complaint0$0
1994-09-29Complaint1$2,000
1994-09-29Follow-up0$0
1994-05-18Planned1818$20,550
1982-07-20Complaint0$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 13 OSHA inspections on record with 36 violations and $50,352 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 9.31 compared to an industry average of 3.4.