OSHA has inspected Central Freight Lines, Inc. 42 times in Texas since 1974.
The latest one began on Jan 29, 2020 after a complaint, in Houston.
Those inspections ended with 88 citation items: 17 serious, 1 repeat and 70 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $51,130 and now stand at $21,568, 58% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 15 items under 1910.309.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,412, and Central Freight Lines, Inc. averages $5,998 (2 cited inspections).
Central Freight Lines, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Texas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
391employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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29 CFR 1903.2(a) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious
$25
$25
Oct 21, 1974
Closed
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Waco site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 150 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Waco Corporate
Waco · 2021
150
2
0
0.9
3.6
Centrtal Freight Lines, Inc. - Houston
Houston · 2021
164
9
3
6.0
3.6
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - San Antonio
San Antonio · 2021
66
2
0
3.4
3.6
Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin
Austin · 2021
27
2
0
8.4
3.6
Central Freight Lines - Waco
Waco · 2021
24
1
0
5.0
3.6
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Tyler
Tyler · 2020
39
1
0
3.6
3.6
Central Freight Lines - Lubbock TX
Lubbock · 2020
18
1
0
5.7
3.6
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - San Antionio
San Antonio · 2018
90
4
0
5.7
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. 1 report on file.
Dec 16, 2020, Houston: Hospitalization · skull fracture and intracranial injury · brain
An employee was working on a trailer door and its spring. The spring broke loose and hit him in the right front side of the head. He then fell out of the trailer, landing on his head. He suffered a skull fracture and head swelling, and his right eye swelled shut.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Mar 14, 2017 to Aug 9, 2017
Fort Worth
5000
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(iv) Handling liquids at point of final use. (a) Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall be kept in covered containers when not actually in use.
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii)
(iii) Waste and residue. Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area shall be kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily.
29 CFR 1910.106(g)(3)(iii)
(iii) Emergency power cutoff. A clearly identified and easily accessible switch(es) or a circuit breaker(s) shall be provided at a location remote from dispensing devices, including remote pumping systems, to shut off the power to all dispensing devices in the event of an emergency.
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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.
