Abf Freight System, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Kernersville, North Carolina · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload · NAICS 484122
15inspections
57citation items
$7,230current penalties
Aug 3, 2016last inspection
OSHA has inspected Abf Freight System, Inc. 15 times in North Carolina since 1993.
The latest one began on Aug 3, 2016 after a complaint, in Kinston.
Those inspections ended with 57 citation items: 13 serious and 44 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,725 and now stand at $7,230, 17% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 13 items under 1910.305.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,412, and Abf Freight System, Inc. averages $2,700 (1 cited inspection).
Abf Freight System, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
North Carolina · latest 90 days of OSHA records
237employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Kernersville site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 214 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 27 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
ABF Freight 051
Kernersville · 2018
214
7
2
2.5
3.6
ABF Freight 054
Belmont · 2018
59
8
1
12.4
3.6
ABF Freight 052
Durham · 2018
26
2
1
6.5
3.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iii) Office occupancies. Storage shall be prohibited except that which is required for maintenance and operation of building and operation of equipment. Such storage shall be kept in closed metal containers stored in a storage cabinet or in safety cans or in an inside storage room not having a door that opens into that portion of the building used by the public.
29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
29 CFR 1910.110(e)(4)(iii)
(iii) Permanent and removable fuel containers shall be securely mounted to prevent jarring loose, slipping, or rotating, and the fastenings shall be designed and constructed to withstand static loading in any direction equal to twice the weight of the tank and attachments when filled with fuel using a safety factor of not less than four based on the ultimate strength of the material to be used. Field welding, when necessary, shall be made only on saddle plates, lugs or brackets, originally attached to the container by the tank manufacturer.
29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i)
(2) General. (i) Containers in storage shall be located so as to minimize exposure to excessive temperature rise, physical damage, or tampering by unauthorized persons.
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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.
