Establishment profile
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC
1120 HARVEY LANE, SUFFIELD, CT, 06078
424410 — General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
Summary
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC has accumulated 60 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 36 years of recorded history, with $137,094 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 71 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in 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.
OSHA workplace safety
80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 28 citations in this view · $131,951 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 3 | 3 | $1,913 | Dec 1992 | Jun 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 G05 | 2 | 2 | $29,480 | Jan 2010 | Nov 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 A04 | 2 | 2 | $3,565 | Dec 1992 | Jan 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 A02 | 2 | 2 | $3,508 | Dec 1992 | Nov 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 2 | 2 | $3,500 | Nov 2004 | Jun 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 A05 | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 1992 | Jan 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 1992 | Dec 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II | 1 | 1 | $36,850 | Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $12,500 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 H02 | 1 | 1 | $7,000 | Jan 2010 | Jan 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III | 1 | 1 | $7,000 | Jan 2010 | Jan 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 A | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 B02 | 1 | 1 | $3,685 | Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $3,685 | Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | Jan 2010 | Jan 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II | 1 | 1 | $2,581 | Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 I | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 1 | 1 | $2,125 | Nov 2004 | Nov 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $1,310 | Dec 1992 | Dec 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0120 Q02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | Jun 2010 | Jun 2010 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4244 within CT. Peer group: 71 employers. This establishment has 60 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
Industry benchmark
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- 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 2020 – May 2024 · 3 in last 5 years
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2024 | Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle | Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized | |
| May 16, 2021 | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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 · 5 violations · $11,693 in backwages · $880 in civil penalties
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Mar 2007 | 1 | 5 | 4 | $11,693 | $880 |
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. 1 case · 5 violations · $11,693 in backwages · $880 in civil penalties · 4 workers affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2005 – Mar 2007 | Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers | FLSA | 5 | 4 | $11,693 | $880 |
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 C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. 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 C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS 1120 HARVEY LANE · SUFFIELD, CT, 06078 | WaterRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2008 | View → |
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 C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-29 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | |
| 2024-03-19 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 2020-02-25 | Planned | 1 | 1 | $2,581 | |
| 2016-10-06 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2012-05-30 | Planned | 6 | 3 | $76,648 | |
| 2011-05-27 | Complaint | 1 | — | $3,300 | |
| 2010-03-24 | Planned | 7 | 6 | $6,088 | |
| 2010-03-24 | Planned | 4 | 3 | $13,500 | |
| 2009-07-13 | Complaint | 6 | 4 | $20,500 | |
| 2004-11-04 | Complaint | 5 | 1 | $2,725 | |
| 2004-06-16 | Complaint | 2 | 1 | $1,063 | |
| 1993-02-26 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1992-07-06 | Complaint | 23 | 19 | $4,690 | |
| 1992-03-16 | Planned | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1989-12-06 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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- THE HARTFORD PROVISION COMPANYSOUTH WINDSOR — 2 federal enforcement records
- STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET COMPANYNORTH HAVEN — 2 federal enforcement records
- HARTFORD PROVISION COMPANY, INC.BRISTOL — 2 federal enforcement records
- THE MARTIN-BROWER COMPANY, LLCENFIELD — 2 federal enforcement records
- MARTIN-BROWER COMPANY, LLCENFIELD — 1 federal enforcement record
- THURSTON FOOD, INC.WALLINGFORD — 1 federal enforcement record
- C & S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.WINDSOR LOCKS — 1 federal enforcement record
- ROMA OF HARTFORDWINDSOR — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 60 violations and $137,093.9 in total penalties.
- How does C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, LLC operates in the general line grocery merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2.