Baker Distributing Co, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Florida, the first in 2022.
OSHA's last visit started on May 9, 2023 after a complaint, in Fort Myers.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $12,431 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,459, down 40%.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,560. Baker Distributing Co, LLC averages $7,459 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Baker Distributing Co, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Florida · latest 90 days of OSHA records
338employers cited
4 of them in the same industry
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Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2023
6151 Metro Plex Dr Ste 101, Fort Myers, FL 33966 · Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 346204233 OPENED SEP 8, 2022Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,500 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2023
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Jacksonville site logged 21 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,479 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 55 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Baker Distributing Company LLC
Jacksonville · 2025
1,479
21
1
1.4
1.7
Baker Distributing
Jacksonville · 2019
1,309
31
5
2.4
1.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Oct 6, 2017, Jacksonville: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · forehead
An employee was placing products on a bottom rack and grabbing his calculator from the top of a box when he blacked out and lacerated his forehead, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are maintained in a fully charged and operable condition and kept in their designated places at all times except during use.
(a) Use of mechanical equipment. Where mechanical handling equipment is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.
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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.