OSHA has inspected Colonial Distributing, Inc. 2 times in Florida since 2022.
The latest one began on Apr 26, 2022 after a complaint, in Tampa.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $15,383 and still stand at $15,383.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Colonial Distributing, Inc. averages $7,692 (2 cited inspections).
Colonial Distributing, Inc. 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.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Tampa site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 143 workers: 5.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 15 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Colonial Distributing
Tampa · 2025
143
11
5
5.5
4.6
4192-00051154-1
Tampa · 2022
120
15
10
22.7
2.3
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.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)
(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(a)
(A) The operator has been observed to operate the vehicle in an unsafe manner;
Other other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers employers in Florida
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.
