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WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION

355 DAVIDSONS MILL ROAD, JAMESBURG, NJ, 08831
Operated by Wakefern Food Corp · 1 of 17 establishments
424410General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers

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OSHA inspections
10
over 24 years
Violations
14
$74,071 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 24 years of recorded history, with $74,071 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 437 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION 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
10
0.4 / yr · last 24 yrs
Violations
14
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$74,071
$5,291 avg / violation
57% serious43% other
Inspection trigger · referral
7 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 10

60% 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. 14 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $74,071 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11$14,502Feb 2022Feb 2022
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$8,512Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$7,566Jan 2026Jan 2026
29 CFR 1910.1200 B04 III11$7,566Jan 2026Jan 2026
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$7,566Jan 2026Jan 2026
29 CFR 1910.0029 B0111$7,293Mar 2019Mar 2019
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0211$7,293Mar 2019Mar 2019
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III11$5,250Feb 2007Feb 2007
29 CFR 1910.0178 G0111$4,256Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 1910.0305 A02 I11$1,875Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$1,500Jun 2010Jun 2010
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$893Feb 2007Feb 2007
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III11Feb 2022Feb 2022
29 CFR 1910.0029 B02 I11Mar 2019Mar 2019

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

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4244 within NJ. Peer group: 437 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,463
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
0.0
vs industry
−3.4
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−4.2

Reported for 285 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
0.0
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
2
Complaint
1
Referral
7

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) · Sep 2018 – Mar 2025 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Collision with stationary object, 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
Mar 18, 2025Collision with stationary object, nonroadwayFoot (feet), toe(s) unspecifiedHospitalized
Dec 12, 2021Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecifiedThigh(s)Hospitalized
Sep 13, 2018Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadwayAnkle(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
Dec 12, 2021Collision,Contusion,Operator,Pallet Jack,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Thigh,Warehouse,Warehouse Aisle1
Sep 29, 2018Fall,Head,Laceration,Pallet,Storage Rack,Unstable Surface11

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
10 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 10 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 WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for Wakefern Food Corp, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 Wakefern Food Corp 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
22-CA-029984Unfair labor practiceMay 2011Jun 2011ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-027583Unfair labor practiceSep 2006Jun 2007ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-08-07Referral3$22,697
2025-03-21Referral2$12,768
2022-11-03Referral0$0
2022-10-17Referral0$0
2021-12-20Referral22$14,502
2018-10-02Referral33$14,587
2012-04-21Referral0$0
2010-05-11Planned22$3,375
2007-02-13Planned21$6,143
2001-07-27Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION is one of 17 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Wakefern Food Corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Wakefern Food Corp across all 17 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in general line grocery merchant wholesalers within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION 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 Wakefern Food Corp, which operates 17 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 WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $74,070.9 in total penalties.
How does WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION operates in the general line grocery merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.2. WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 3.4.