Hampton Roads Transit: OSHA inspections and violations
Norfolk, Virginia · Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems · NAICS 485113
4inspections
9citation items
$12,090current penalties
Nov 29, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Hampton Roads Transit 4 times in Virginia since 2013.
The latest one began on Nov 29, 2021 on a referral, in Norfolk.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 9 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,090 and still stand at $12,090.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Hampton Roads Transit averages $12,090 (1 cited inspection).
Hampton Roads Transit also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $996 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 24, 2021: Employee falls from elevation to lower level and incurs frac
At approximately 1:25 a.m. on November 24, 2021, an employee conducted a quality inspection of maintenance on a control module located on the roof of a light rail vehicle. The employee was conducting a quality assurance check of maintenance that was completed on the control module of light rail vehicle number 404. The vehicle was on track Y3 inside the maintenance shop. While conducting the check, the employee fell from the top of the rail vehicle, approximately 19 and a half feet, into the maintenance pit. The employee sustained fractures to his left leg and wrist and lacerations to his head. The employee was hospitalized for these injuries.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Norfolk site logged 50 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,008 workers: 5.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 427 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Norfolk (18th Street)
Norfolk · 2025
1,008
50
10
5.5
4.3
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
Oct 23, 2014 to Sep 30, 2015
Norfolk
7
6
$996
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)
(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.
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.
