Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Distribution Alternatives, Inc. in California 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 13, 2019 after an accident, in Bloomington.
In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 2 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $19,940; today they stand at $7,695, 61% less.
Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,560 penalty. Distribution Alternatives, Inc. averages $3,848 across 2 cited inspections.
Distribution Alternatives, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
California · latest 90 days of OSHA records
1,128employers cited
11 of them in the same industry
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Incident on May 13, 2019: Employee fractures finger and leg when pinned by forklift
At 9:10 a.m. on May 13, 2019, an employee was standing next to a forklift in a warehouse aisle picking items for an order. The employee had placed her plastic cart between the forklift and herself when a coworker moved the forklift without realizing the employee was there. The coworker struck the cart and pinned the employee between the cart and the storage racks. The employee incurred an open left tibia fracture and right index finger laceration and was hospitalized.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3650(T)(12)
Other-than-serious
$1,200
$425
Jul 31, 2019
Final
Inspection 340862838 OPENED AUG 20, 2015Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 72 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2017
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Bloomington site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 95 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Slover 2
Bloomington · 2025
95
3
0
3.1
2.6
Slover 1
Bloomington · 2023
86
4
3
4.5
2.6
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Mar 16, 2015 to Mar 15, 2017
Bloomington
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
