OSHA has inspected Priority Yard and Train LLC 2 times in Michigan since 2023.
The latest one began on Oct 31, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sterling Heights.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $14,700 and still stand at $14,700.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Priority Yard and Train LLC averages $7,350 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Priority Yard and Train LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 347090615 OPENED OCT 31, 2023Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Sep 5, 2024
7350 17 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 · Support Activities for Rail Transportation · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 23, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by truck
At 10:45 a.m. on October 23, 2023, an employee was auditing a truck loaded on a rail car. The employee was stuck against a parked and chocked truck by a truck that was to be parked behind it. The employee was killed due to multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 408.1011(A) |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Aug 13, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 408.10011 |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Aug 13, 2024 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Sterling Heights site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 12 workers: 32.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
