OSHA has inspected Econoline Trailers, Inc. 6 times in Alabama since 1985.
The latest one began on Jul 13, 2018 on a referral, in Double Springs.
Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 6 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $17,127 and now stand at $10,987, 36% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Econoline Trailers, Inc. averages $5,413 (2 cited inspections).
Econoline Trailers, 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.
Alabama · latest 90 days of OSHA records
102employers cited
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Incident on Jul 6, 2018: Employee is struck by falling trailer and sustains multiple
At 3:00 p.m. on July 6, 218, an employee was painting a trailer using a forklift and a spray gun. The employee was caught by the trailer when it fell on him and sustained multiple injuries such as several cracked ribs, a collapsed lung, and a fractured vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Double Springs site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 26 workers: 4.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.2 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Econoline Trailers, Inc.
Double Springs · 2025
26
1
0
4.8
5.2
Econoline Trailers, In.c
Double Springs · 2018
49
15
5
33.8
5.2
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.
An employee was painting a 35-foot trailer from beneath. The trailer had been lifted on two forklifts, one at the front and one at the back. The tilt cylinder on one of the forklifts had a slow leak and tilted forward, causing the trailer to slide off the forks. The trailer struck the employee across the shoulder and upper back, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractured vertebrae and three broken ribs.
Employee was preparing a trailer for welding. The trailer slipped from the jig, falling on the employee's leg. Employee suffered a broken leg and was taken to the hospital.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8)
(8) The employer is not required to label portable containers into which hazardous chemicals are transferred from labeled containers, and which are intended only for the immediate use of the employee who performs the transfer. For purposes of this section, drugs which are dispensed by a pharmacy to a health care provider for direct administration to a patient are exempted from labeling.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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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.
