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The Kroger Company
OSHA: 10 insp.Injuries: 1 yrLabor: 13 casesImmigration: 126 LCAContracts: not listed
The federal record for The Kroger Company, Blue Ash, Ohio, consists of 10 OSHA inspections, 13 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 126 labor condition applications, 54 PERM applications and one year of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Food and Beverage Retailers.
OSHA opened 10 inspections at The Kroger Company sites in Ohio since 2016, issuing 13 citations, 10 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $72,802 (initially $155,730), $7,280 per inspection, above the national figure of $3,759. 2 inspections have at least one contested citation.
On its 2023 Form 300A summary the employer reported 277 employees and 6 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, lower than the pooled rate for its industry (4.9; median establishment 3.6).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 13 compliance actions involving The Kroger Company, recording $7,877,026 in back wages agreed to pay for 19,416 employees and assessing $18,480 in civil money penalties, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA child labor provisions and Family and Medical Leave Act.
It filed 126 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 126 worker positions. The median offered wage is $136,034 a year against a median prevailing wage of $105,165, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level IV (51% of filings).
OFLC records 54 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $110,000; the employer reported 430,000 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 23 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 445 | Ohio | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $7,280 | $3,202 | $7,764 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 20% | — | 5% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 80% | — | 66% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 7 |
| 1904.39 | Reporting fatalities and severe injuries to OSHA | 2 |
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 1 |
| 1910.263 | — | 1 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2026 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 28 May 2024 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 1 May 2023 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 4 (4 S/W/R) | $7,000 | Final order | 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(e) (Serious), 1910.178(l)(3)(ii)(i) (Serious), 1910.178(n)(1) (Serious), 1910.178(n)(3) (Serious) |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $21,457 | Final order | 1904.39(a)(2) (Repeat) |
| 28 Dec 2018 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 2 (2 S/W/R) | $9,054 | Final order | 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) (Serious), 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) (Serious) |
| 5 Mar 2018 | Referral · Health | Partial | 1 | $6,046 | Contested, final order | 1904.39(a)(2) |
| 21 Feb 2018 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $15,245 | Contested, final order | 1910.147(d), 1910.263(e)(1)(i) (Serious) |
| 19 Oct 2017 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 | $0 | Final order | 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) |
| 9 Jun 2016 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $7,000 | Final order | 1910.303(b)(1) (Serious) |
| 22 Jan 2016 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $7,000 | Final order | 1910.212(a)(1) (Serious) |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2023. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 445 (quartiles 1.4–6.5); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 277 | 484,648 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Ohio. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 445 | Ohio | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $606K | $7,307 | $11K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 1,493.5 | — | 17.1 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $406 | — | $671 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 28046 | $7,877,026 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 8 | $0 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2022 – 22 Jun 2023 | 27992 | $7,873,305 | 19362 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 1 Jun 2007 – 5 Aug 2009 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 7 Jul 2007 – 27 Jun 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 7 Jul 2007 – 27 Jun 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 9 Jun 2007 – 9 Jun 2009 | 2 | $0 | 0 | $5,280 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 26 May 2007 – 16 May 2009 | 1 | $0 | 0 | $2,640 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 19 May 2007 – 12 May 2009 | 1 | $0 | 0 | $2,640 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 12 May 2007 – 12 May 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 6 Mar 2007 – 29 Apr 2009 | 3 | $0 | 0 | $7,920 | FLSA child labor provisions | Concluded |
| 1 Feb 2007 – 1 Feb 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 15 Jan 2007 – 15 Jan 2009 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 17 Jul 2008 – 11 Aug 2008 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
| 6 Feb 1993 – 5 Feb 2005 | 54 | $3,721 | 54 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1973806, 1549813, 1549737, 1549736, 1545801, ….
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 4%Level II 38%Level III 6%Level IV 51%Not stated 2%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | Ohio | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $136,034 | $138,494 | $102,627 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $123,378–$152,751 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 42% | 53% | 60% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 33 | $131,713 |
| Advanced Software Engineer | 22 | $154,990 |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 18 | $121,691 |
| Senior Data Engineer | 4 | $139,146 |
| Advanced Data Engineer | 4 | $150,000 |
| Advanced Quality Engineer | 4 | $142,449 |
| Logistics/Business Analyst Manager | 3 | $129,000 |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 3 | $130,000 |
| Pharmacist | 3 | $131,040 |
| Advanced Software Engineering Manager | 2 | — |
| Advanced Security Engineer | 2 | — |
| Senior Product Management Manager | 2 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 66 | $138,494 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 24 | $104,728 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 6 | $114,808 |
| Pharmacists | 6 | $136,791 |
| Validation Engineers | 3 | $108,000 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 3 | $200,006 |
| Logisticians | 3 | $91,098 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 2 | $97,948 |
Worksite states
Ohio 109 · Tennessee 5 · Texas 3 · Indiana 2 · Illinois 2 · Kentucky 1 · Wisconsin 1 · Florida 1
Visa classes: H-1B 124, E-3 Australian 2. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Ohio); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Sr. Software Engineer | 14 |
| Sr Quality Engineer | 13 |
| Sr Software Engineer | 12 |
| Advanced Software Engineer | 5 |
| Sr. Data Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Advanced Solutions Architect | 2 |
| Sr. Advanced Software Engineer | 1 |
| Advanced Quality Engineer | 1 |
| Product Development Senior Scientist | 1 |
| Advanced Data Engineer | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 35 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 14 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | 1 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 1 |
| Computer Network Architects | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 30 Sep 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected The Kroger Company?
Yes. OSHA records 10 inspections at The Kroger Company sites in Ohio since 2016, most recently opened 19 Feb 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
13 citations with current penalties totalling $72,802. 8 inspections have a final order on every citation, 2 have a contested citation and 2 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from The Kroger Company?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $7,877,026 in back wages agreed to pay across 13 cases, for 19,416 employees.
Does The Kroger Company sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 126 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 123 were certified. The median offered wage is $136,034 a year; the most common job title is Senior Software Engineer.
Does The Kroger Company sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 54 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 54 of them certified.
Does The Kroger Company hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at The Kroger Company?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 23 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 30 Sep 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 30 Sep 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.