Industries › NAICS 424
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
NAICS subsector 424. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424) accounts for 10,286 OSHA inspections since 2016, 1.3% of all inspections, with $46M in current penalties ($4,438 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 2,425, with $38M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 3,430 labor condition applications and 1,927 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
9,235 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 4.4 per 100 full-time workers, above the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 2.6 (quartiles 0.0–5.9).
OSHA inspections and citations
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
| Measure | NAICS 424 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $4,438 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 1% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 1,747 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 1,116 |
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 956 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 742 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 683 |
| 1910.272 | Grain handling facilities | 603 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 489 |
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 481 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 472 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 465 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Costco Wholesale | Tracy | 101 |
| Washington Fruit & Produce Co | Yakima | 28 |
| The Save Mart Companies, Inc. | Roseville | 27 |
| United Natural Foods West Inc | Ridgefield | 23 |
| Leelanau Fruit Company | Suttons Bay | 19 |
| Altman Specialty Plants, LLC. | Vista | 17 |
| Smart & Final Stores LLC | Commerce | 17 |
| Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc. | Stockton | 16 |
| Landus Cooperative | Des Moines | 16 |
| Gordon Food Service, Inc. | Wyoming | 15 |
| KeHE Distributors | Chino | 15 |
| US Foods | Seattle | 15 |
| C&S Wholesale Grocers | Lathrop | 14 |
| Triple B Corporation | Seattle | 14 |
| United Cooperative | Shawano | 13 |
| Destileria Serralles, Inc | Mercedita | 12 |
| Harbor Distributing LLC dba Golden Brands | South San Francisco | 12 |
| Mc Dougall & Sons Inc | East Wenatchee | 12 |
| NEW Cooperative, Inc. | Fort Dodge | 12 |
| United Grain Corp | Vancouver | 12 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Injuries Form 300A summaries
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.
Injury-rate distribution, 2025
Total recordable case rates across 7,440 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 9,235 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,843 | 1,077,918 | 42,877 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 10,344 | 990,094 | 41,663 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9,235 | 1,285,281 | 34,794 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
Labor Wage and Hour Division
Concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 56,498 | $34M |
| Service Contract Act | 1,010 | $1.7M |
| H-1B provisions | 62 | $709K |
| H-2A provisions | 1,137 | $636K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 171,262 | $388K |
| Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act | 429 | $103K |
| H-2B provisions | 193 | $28K |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 9 | $2,426 |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 1 | $278 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 487 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| McLane Company, Inc. | Temple | $1,461,902 |
| C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC | Keene | $782,163 |
| Affiliated Foods Inc. | Amarillo | $229,077 |
| Baily International of Atlanta | Duluth | $186,842 |
| Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | Conklin | $156,020 |
| Pearson Foods Corp | Grand Rapids | $150,634 |
| Baker Distributing Corp | North Clarendon | $140,495 |
| Mex Flores Produce Company, Inc. | Houston | $133,376 |
| Nogales Produce, Inc. | Dallas | $130,944 |
| Grace International, LLC | Decatur | $114,645 |
| K.S. Mart | Pago Pago | $97,934 |
| Sun Foods, Inc. | Brooklyn Center | $96,079 |
| Scholastic, Inc. | Jefferson City | $94,916 |
| AvidXchange, Inc. | Charlotte | $93,362 |
| Beauty Plus Trading Co., Inc. | Moonachie | $93,102 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Immigration OFLC labor condition applications and PERM
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. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B applications by fiscal year
PERM applications by fiscal year
Employers with the most H-1B applications
| Employer | City | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Caremark LLC | Woonsocket | 657 |
| Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | Grand Rapids | 91 |
| AvidXchange, Inc. | Charlotte | 81 |
| Amerisourcebergen Services Corporation | Conshohocken | 76 |
| Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC | Miramar | 40 |
| Kenvue Brands LLC | Summit | 38 |
| McLane Company, Inc. | Temple | 36 |
| Gordon Food Service, Inc. | Wyoming | 32 |
| Grand Supercenter Inc. | Lyndhurst | 23 |
| Eastland Food Corporation | Jessup | 22 |
| Sofidel America Corp. | Horsham | 21 |
| David Oppenheimer & Company I, LLC | Seattle | 19 |
| Delicatessen Services Company LLC | Sarasota | 19 |
| Sun Fresh International, LLC | Visalia | 19 |
| Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. | East Windsor | 18 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
Which employers in Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods have the most OSHA inspections?
Costco Wholesale (101), Washington Fruit & Produce Co (28), The Save Mart Companies, Inc. (27)
What is the injury rate in Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 4.4 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 2.6 with quartiles 0.0 to 5.9.
How many H-1B applications come from Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods?
3,430 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 1,927 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods?
$37,780,862 agreed to pay across 2,425 concluded cases since fiscal year 2005.
Industry is the NAICS code on each record (the most common code where an employer's sources differ), grouped at the three-digit subsector. Sources: DOL enforcement data, OSHA ITA, OFLC disclosure data; see data sources and methodology.