Burris Logistics has 6 OSHA inspections on record in Delaware, the first in 2007.
OSHA's last visit started on Sep 15, 2023 on a referral, in New Castle.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 20 citation items: 15 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $131,036 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $74,369, down 43%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.119, process safety management (8 items).
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. Burris Logistics averages $11,305 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Burris Logistics also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344939558 OPENED SEP 23, 2020Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 129 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2021
111 Reese Avenue, Harrington, DE 19952 · Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 22, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed after being pulled into conveyor belt
At 8:15 p.m. on September 22, 2020, an employee was attempting to locate boxes of frozen foods that became wedged in a conveyor belt when he became caught in the belt. The employee was killed, most likely from asphyxiation.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $5,266 | $1,000 | Mar 22, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a |
Serious | $12,288 | $12,288 | Mar 22, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b |
Serious | $12,288 | $0 | Mar 22, 2021 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Milford site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 82 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Sep 11, 2023, New Castle: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was using a pallet jack to pull a pallet of inventory. He was backing up when he struck a cross member of the pallet rack behind him. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.