Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers industry saw employment growth of only 2.37%. There are an average of 22 workers at each of the 3,644 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Beer Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Hartland, WI on Friday, October 6th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Breakthru Beverage Wisconsin Metro-Milwaukee, Llc. A 33 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee stuck by falling empty kegs suffered fractured hand
OSHA ID99687.015
Accident Date2017-09-28
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on September 28, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a powered reach truck. There was a spill of hydraulic fluid on the floor causing the truck to slide into pallets of empty kegs. Two of the empty kegs fell from the top row, crushing the employee's hand. Employee #1 sustained a broken hand and fingers. He was hospitalized for treatment.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, October 31st 2017 by OSHA representitives in Los Angeles, CA which had occured previously at Ace Beverage Llc. A 62 year old had been injured when the employee was struck by forklift and crushes both legs
OSHA ID100335.015
Accident Date2017-08-22
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 5:30 p.m. on August 22, 2017, an employee was struck by a forklift that was being operated by a coworker who was off-loading pallets of alcoholic beverages. Both of the employee's legs were struck by the forklift and crushed as the coworker backed the vehicle up. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures of both legs.
On Thursday, June 22nd 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Auburndale, FL at Caribbean Distillers Llc. A 33 year old man working as a Communications equipment operator was killed on the job when the employee contacted exposed wire and was electrocuted
OSHA ID96531.015
Accident Date2017-06-21
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 4:55 p.m. on June 21, 2017, Employee #1, a power communications line technician, was servicing the electrical lines of a conveyor belt. As he was removing the insulation from a 270 Volt wire, his hand contacted the exposed wire and he was electrocuted.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
1.61
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 305
158.3%
Inspection Rate: 0.66
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 14

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