Since 2012, OSHA inspectors have visited Averitt Express, Inc. in Florida 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jan 13, 2025 on a referral, in Orlando.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
The penalties, $18,205 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,408 penalty. Averitt Express, Inc. averages $18,205 across 1 cited inspection.
Averitt Express, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries 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 Orlando site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 106 workers: 4.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 466 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Orlando ORL
Orlando · 2025
106
5
4
4.5
3.6
Fort Meyers FMY
Fort Myers · 2025
32
0
0
0.0
3.6
West Palm Beach DCT 1
West Palm Beach · 2018
36
2
1
4.0
3.6
West Palm Beach WPB 2
West Palm Beach · 2018
23
0
0
0.0
3.6
Costco DCT
West Palm Beach · 2017
31
3
3
7.1
3.6
West Palm Beach DCT
West Palm Beach · 2016
28
1
1
2.8
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Nov 17, 2021, Orlando: Hospitalization · fractures · elbow(s)
A driver was using a pallet jack to move a pallet to the back of a trailer when a slat broke on the pallet and caused the pallet jack to tilt. The driver fell off the back of the trailer about 4 feet to the pavement. The driver sustained an open fracture to the right elbow that required hospitalization and surgery.
Jun 6, 2018, Fort Myers: Hospitalization · fractures · nonclassifiable
An employee was struck by a forklift, suffering fractures.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Use of mechanical equipment. Where mechanical handling equipment is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:
Other general freight trucking, local 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.
