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KROGER #223

4000 POLK ST, HOUSTON, TX, 77023
Operated by Kroger Co · 1 of 1,853 establishments
445110Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers)

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OSHA inspections
1
over 9 years
Violations
2
$10,800 in penalties
Penalties
$10,800
$5,400 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations

Summary

KROGER #223 has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 9 years of recorded history, with $10,800 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 71st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 338 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

KROGER #223 appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
1
0.1 / yr · last 9 yrs
Violations
2
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$10,800
$5,400 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 1

100% 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $10,800 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$7,600Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111$3,200Aug 2017Aug 2017

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

71st

Above average violations in NAICS 4451 within TX. Peer group: 338 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
82nd
peer median: $1,020
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for KROGER #223. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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

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 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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 29, 2017Contact with hot objects or substancesForearm(s)Hospitalized

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
Apr 29, 2017Burn,Forearm,Oven11

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 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for KROGER #223. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for KROGER #223. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TX — for Kroger Co, not this location alone

Total cases
25
Unfair labor practice
25

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 Kroger Co 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.). 25 cases · 25 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
16-CA-388726Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-382040Unfair labor practiceFeb 2026OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-377635Unfair labor practiceDec 2025OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-376761Unfair labor practiceDec 2025OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-376623Unfair labor practiceDec 2025OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-376616Unfair labor practiceDec 2025OpenRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-353835Unfair labor practiceOct 2024Nov 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-341225Unfair labor practiceApr 2024Jun 2025ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-324607Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Dec 2023ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-318910Unfair labor practiceMay 2023Apr 2025ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-286140Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Apr 2022ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-256160Unfair labor practiceFeb 2020Feb 2020ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-246876Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Nov 2019ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-162067Unfair labor practiceOct 2015May 2016ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-141038Unfair labor practiceNov 2014Jan 2015ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-128975Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Jul 2014ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-092264Unfair labor practiceOct 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-027441Unfair labor practiceMay 2010Jul 2010ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-026860Unfair labor practiceJun 2009Mar 2010ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-026430Unfair labor practiceOct 2008Jan 2009ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-026277Unfair labor practiceJun 2008Aug 2008ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-024814Unfair labor practiceFeb 2006Nov 2007ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-022145Unfair labor practiceAug 2002Jan 2004ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
15-CA-016513Unfair labor practiceMar 2002May 2004ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
16-CA-021652Unfair labor practiceJan 2002Aug 2003ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas

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 KROGER #223. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for KROGER #223. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for KROGER #223. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — KROGER CO (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$195K
Awards (all-time)
555

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-05-03Referral21$10,800

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

KROGER #223 is one of 1,853 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Kroger Co.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Kroger Co across all 1,853 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience retailers) within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Kroger Co, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KROGER #223 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 Kroger Co, which operates 1,853 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 KROGER #223's OSHA violation history?
KROGER #223 has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 2 violations and $10,800 in total penalties.
How does KROGER #223's safety record compare to its industry?
KROGER #223 operates in the supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience retailers) industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1.