Hartford, Connecticut · Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation · NAICS 485210
2inspections
3citation items
$23,000current penalties
Jun 11, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected CT Transit 2 times in Connecticut since 2016.
The latest one began on Jun 11, 2020 after a complaint, in Hartford.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $32,653 and now stand at $23,000, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and CT Transit averages $11,500 (2 cited inspections).
CT Transit also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury 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 2024, the Hartford site logged 106 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,291 workers: 84.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 557 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
CT transit
Hartford · 2024
1,291
106
32
84.4
4.3
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.
Feb 5, 2021, Hartford: Hospitalization · major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments · nonclassifiable
An employee was walking down the stairs on the roof and slipped on ice, resulting in a torn tendon.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
(a) General. Safety-related work practices shall be employed to prevent electric shock or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts, when work is performed near or on equipment or circuits which are or may be energized. The specific safety-related work practices shall be consistent with the nature and extent of the associated electrical hazards.
Other interurban and rural bus transportation employers in Connecticut
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.