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Aldi Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

O Fallon, Missouri · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110

11inspections
11citation items
$16,464current penalties
Sep 3, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Aldi Inc. 11 times in Missouri since 1982.

The latest one began on Sep 3, 2024 after a complaint, in O Fallon.

Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 3 serious and 8 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,376 and now stand at $16,464, 10% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Aldi Inc. averages $7,500 (2 cited inspections).

Aldi Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Aldi Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1982 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347728677 OPENED SEP 3, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 354 employees at the site · Closed Dec 4, 2024

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63376 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346114085 OPENED JUL 27, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 275 employees at the site · Closed Aug 5, 2022

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343456059 OPENED SEP 12, 2018Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 230 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2018

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341576601 OPENED JUN 22, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jun 22, 2016

475 Pearl Dr, Po Box 8800, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340216019 OPENED JAN 29, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 165 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2016

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1)(i) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Other-than-serious$2,550$2,500Jul 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1)(iv) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(5) · Process safety management
Serious$4,250$4,000Jul 6, 2015Final

Inspection 340197367 OPENED JAN 21, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 170 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2016

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$2,550$2,500Jul 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$7,000$6,000Jul 6, 2015Final

Inspection 337327415 OPENED NOV 2, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 165 employees at the site · Closed Nov 8, 2012

475 Pearl Drive, O Fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 310528047 OPENED NOV 3, 2006Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 106 employees at the site · Closed Dec 26, 2006

475 Pearl Dr, Po Box 8800, O'fallon, MO 63366 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$488$488Nov 28, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$414$414Nov 28, 2006Closed
3 older inspections

Inspection 304323231 OPENED OCT 3, 2001Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 125 employees at the site · Closed Oct 30, 2001

475 Pearl Dr, Po Box 8800, O'fallon, MO 63366 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,125$562Oct 11, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Oct 11, 2001Closed

Inspection 217631845 OPENED NOV 17, 1982Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Nov 19, 1982

Southeast First St, Wright City, MO 63390 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the O Fallon site logged 70 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 362 workers: 24.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1,502 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
306 Ofa1000
O Fallon · 2024
362 704624.12.6
1209 Ofa23
O Fallon · 2024
23 106.44.0
306 Ofa1000
O'Fallon · 2023
354 754629.42.6
1209 Ofa23
O'Fallon · 2023
29 3116.74.0
O'Fallon Ofc/Whse
O Fallon · 2021
280 553426.72.6
Ofa23
O Fallon · 2021
41 209.24.0
Ofa 23
O Fallon · 2020
30 105.14.0
O'Fallon Ofc/Whse
O'Fallon · 2019
306 895733.22.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(5)

(5) Equipment deficiencies. The employer shall correct deficiencies in equipment that are outside acceptable limits (defined by the process safety information in paragraph (d) of this section) before further use or in a safe and timely manner when necessary means are taken to assure safe operation.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iiib)(2)

(B) An air-purifying respirator, provided that:

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other general warehousing and storage employers in Missouri

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.