The inspection began on May 15, 2019 after a complaint, in Elkhart.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $875 and still stand at $875.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Abf Freight averages $875 (1 cited inspection).
Abf Freight also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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 2020, the Elkhart site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 25 workers: 7.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 13 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
ABF Freight 106
Elkhart · 2020
25
2
2
7.3
3.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Access and egress. The employer must provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces.
Other general freight trucking, long-distance, truckload employers in Indiana
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.