TOW DISTRIBUTING CORP.
3100 3RD AVE. N., MANKATO, MN 56001
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Inspection records
Dec 9, 2025#348635509Dec 9, 2025Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#348635509$3601 viol.1 violation$360 in penalties
Inspection #348635509
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 9, 2025
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 9, 2025
- Final Order
- Dec 16, 2025
- Closed
- Dec 29, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $600
- Penalties on Record
- $360
- Site Address
- 3100 3rd Avenue N, Mankato, MN 56002
- Industry
- 424810 Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.36 OSHA citation code: 19100036 D01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $600 | $360 | Dec 15, 2025 | - | Dec 16, 2025 |
Nov 30, 2022#346371073Nov 30, 2022Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#346371073$4904 viol.4 violations$490 in penalties
Inspection #346371073
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 12, 2022
- Final Order
- Dec 28, 2022
- Closed
- Jan 10, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $700
- Penalties on Record
- $490
- Site Address
- 3100 3rd Avenue N, Mankato, MN 56002
- Industry
- 424810 Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 L04 III | Serious | 1 | 5 | $400 | $280 | Jan 12, 2023 | - | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 02001 | 1910.28 OSHA citation code: 19100028 B01 I | Other | 1 | 20 | $100 | $70 | Jan 12, 2023 | - | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 02002 | 1910.37 OSHA citation code: 19100037 B06 | Other | 1 | 20 | $100 | $70 | Jan 12, 2023 | - | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 02003 | 1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 IV | Other | 1 | 50 | $100 | $70 | Dec 24, 2022 | - | Dec 28, 2022 |
Aug 25, 2011#315811745Aug 25, 2011Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#315811745$5602 viol.2 violations$560 in penalties
Inspection #315811745
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 25, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 25, 2011
- Closed
- Oct 10, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 38
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $800
- Penalties on Record
- $560
- Site Address
- 3100 3rd Avenue N, Mankato, MN 56002
- Industry
- 424810 Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 B01I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $500 | $350 | Oct 8, 2011 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 D01IV | Serious | 1 | 2 | $300 | $210 | Oct 8, 2011 | - | - |
Mar 13, 1987#104536321Mar 13, 1987Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#104536321$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104536321
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 13, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 13, 1987
- Closed
- Sep 1, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3100 3rd Ave. N., Mankato, MN 56001
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Nov 18, 1986#104514591Nov 18, 1986Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#104514591$09 viol.9 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #104514591
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 18, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 18, 1986
- Closed
- Sep 1, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3100 3rd Ave. N., Mankato, MN 56001
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 K01 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Dec 22, 1986 | - | - |
| 01002 | 5205.140 | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Jan 6, 1987 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.304 Wiring design and protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 V | Other | 2 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Dec 7, 1986 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.37 OSHA citation code: 19100037 Q01 | Other | 3 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Dec 22, 1986 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.107 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials OSHA citation code: 19100107 G07 | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Dec 7, 1986 | - | - |
| 01006 | 5206070002 | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Dec 15, 1986 | - | - |
| 01007 | 5206080001 | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Dec 15, 1986 | - | - |
| 01008 | 5210.420 | Other | 1 | 35 | $0 | $0 | Dec 7, 1986 | - | - |
| 01009 | 5210063001 | Other | 1 | 35 | $0 | $0 | Dec 15, 1986 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties2 citations, $140 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 2 citations issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01006 | #104536321 | Apr 2, 1987 | $105 | - | - |
| 01007 | #104536321 | Apr 2, 1987 | $35 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
5 inspections, 1986 to 2025. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers reported 5.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 3.7%; NAICS 4248 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source