Estes Express Lines Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations
Miami, Florida · Other Support Activities for Road Transportation · NAICS 488490
7inspections
9citation items
$25,667current penalties
Aug 3, 2021last inspection
Estes Express Lines Corp. has 7 OSHA inspections on record in Florida, the first in 1997.
OSHA's last visit started on Aug 3, 2021 on a referral, in Miami.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 3 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $39,782 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $25,667, down 35%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (2 items).
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,412. Estes Express Lines Corp. averages $12,787 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Estes Express Lines Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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OSHA records show Estes Express Lines Corp. at 62 sites in 17 states. Together they've had 147 inspections and $409,426 in current penalties.
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Incident on Jul 29, 2021: Employee strains back in fall from dock driving forklift
At 11:42 p.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee working as a forklift operator for a trucking company was loading pallets of merchandise inside a parked trailer. A coworker operating a mule attached his vehicle to the trailer and drove off about 10 to 15 feet from the bay deck. At the same time, the employee was placing a pallet of merchandise inside the trailer. The employee fell to the ground along with his forklift. The employee was hospitalized to treat a strained back.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344469523 OPENED NOV 21, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 128 employees at the site · Closed Apr 13, 2023
Incident on Nov 14, 2019: Employee's left index finger is amputated on table saw
On October 28, 2019, an employee was working as an automotive maintenance technician for a freight trucking transportation provider that operated nationwide. He was running a Dayton 10 in. (254 mm) contractor table saw to cut a rubber mud flap. The mud flap got stuck on the saw blade, and the tip of the employee's left index finger was amputated. He was hospitalized. The employer reported the incident to OSHA at 11:30 a.m. on November 14, 2019. The fleet manager noted that the saw blade guard was not on the table saw at the time of the incident, because the plastic mud flap would get stuck on the guard and kick back sometimes.
Incident on Apr 11, 1997 (fatal): Employee killed when crushed between truck and trailer
Employee #1 was hooking up a short trailer to a truck. He had apparently parked the yard dog truck in front of the trailer and was standing in front of the shor t trailer raising a safety bar on the it when the yard dog truck backed up to th e trailer. Employee #1 became pinned between the fifth wheel of the truck and th e trailer; he was crushed and killed. Subsequent inspection revealed that the ge ar stick shift was in the reverse position and the yard dog truck had a bad clut ch.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.8 · Recording criteria for needlestick and sharps injuries
Other-than-serious
$4,500
$2,500
Jul 31, 1997
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 2025, the Tampa site logged 15 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 162 workers: 8.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Tampa 048
Tampa · 2025
162
15
2
8.0
3.6
Miami 049
Miami · 2024
140
2
1
1.3
3.6
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An employee was loading pallets of merchandise inside a parked trailer using a forklift. An operator attached his mule to the parked trailer and drove about 10 to 15 feet from the bay deck at the same time as the forklift operator was placing a pallet of merchandise inside the trailer. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground and the employee was hospitalized for a back strain.
An employee was unhooking the converter dolly to a trailer when the dolly rolled and flipped up. The employee's left ring finger was then caught between the dolly and the back of the trailer, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.
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.
(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.
29 CFR 1904.8 · Recording criteria for needlestick and sharps injuries
(4) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are maintained in a fully charged and operable condition and kept in their designated places at all times except during use.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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