Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry saw employment growth of only 1.34%. There are an average of 20 workers at each of the 36,754 establishments in the United States. On average over the last five years, the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (37% more) than the broader Merchant Wholesalers Nondurable Goods Industry

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The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, October 19th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Payette, ID after learning of an incident at Central Produce Distributors, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A 68 year old Laborer had been killed when the

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OSHA ID110236.015

Accident Date2018-10-19

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 8:30 a.m. on October 19, 2018, an employee was sweeping the floor of onion residue and was caught in a pinch point of a hydraulically powered onion bin tipping machine. The employee was crushed and killed.

On Thursday, September 6th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Bronx, NY at Dairyland Usa Corp.. A 29 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee was struck by falling producted after crashing forkli

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OSHA ID108917.015

Accident Date2018-09-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn Just 6, 2018, an employee was operating a Crown RM6025-45 Rider Reach stand-up forklift and went to turn from one aisle into the next. The employee crashed into the shelving and was struck by the products stacked on the shelf. The medical examiner's final diagnosis was that the employee was killed from asphyxia due to the compression of the neck.

OSHA investigators arrived in Union City, CA on Wednesday, December 20th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Caravan Foods Ii, Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Caravan Holdings Ii, Inc. . A 59 year old Mechanical engineering technician had been injured when the

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OSHA ID101653.015

Accident Date2017-12-12

Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on December 12, 2017, an employee was working for a wholesaler of groceries and related products. He was troubleshooting and adjusting some equipment, described only as a depositor. His finger got caught in a pinch point. He sustained the amputation of that finger. He was not hospitalized.