Fort Recovery, Ohio · General Freight Trucking, Local · NAICS 484110
1inspections
3citation items
$6,467current penalties
Dec 12, 2018last inspection
Cheeseman, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.
OSHA opened it on Dec 12, 2018 on a referral, in Fort Recovery.
From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $16,630 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,467, down 61%.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Cheeseman, LLC averages $6,467 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Cheeseman, LLC 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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Incident on Dec 6, 2018: Employee sustains leg fracture when struck by piv
At 11:53 a.m. on December 6, 2018, a 23-year old male employee was working for a firm that provided local, general freight trucking. He was operating a Crown C-5 forklift truck, bearing # 61 at the site. He was standing next to his forklift as he prepared freight paperwork. The forklift was parked near a loading dock door. A coworker was driving Crown C-5 forklift # 68. The coworker was backing out of the trailer that was parked at loading dock door # 59. Loading dock door # 59 was located next to the loading dock door # 61. The coworker backed the forklift he was operating, # 68, into the employee. The employee was pinned between the two forklifts. He sustained a fracture of the left leg below the knee. He was hospitalized. The area where the incident happened was well lit, and the floor appeared to be dry. The coworker was wearing a hood, and his peripheral vision was obstructed. This visual obstruction was a contributing factor to the incident. Also, according to the employer's incident report, the coworker "failed to sound his horn when backing to alert anyone in the area of his intentions of coming out of the trailer." trailer."
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
Other-than-serious
$1,848
$0
Dec 19, 2018
Final
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Fort Recovery site logged 20 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 472 workers: 4.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 494 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cheeseman LLC
Fort Recovery · 2025
472
20
13
4.1
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.
Dec 6, 2018, Fort Recovery: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was standing next to his forklift when a second forklift backed out of a trailer and struck him. The employee's leg was broken.
On April 13, 2017, an employee was operating a skid steer when the attachment came up and struck him above the right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(3) How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.
29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2)
(2) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report by establishments with 100 or more employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 100 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix B to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(6)
(6) The driver shall be required to look in the direction of, and keep a clear view of the path of travel.
Other general freight trucking, local employers in Ohio
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