Sharp Transit, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Springfield, Ohio · Mixed Mode Transit Systems · NAICS 485111
2inspections
2citation items
$4,356current penalties
May 27, 2022last inspection
Sharp Transit, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on May 27, 2022 on a referral, in Springfield.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $11,219 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,356, down 61%.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Sharp Transit, LLC averages $2,178 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Sharp Transit, LLC 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.
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Incident on Sep 16, 2019: Employee amputates fingertip when struck by vehicle flywheel
At 12:45 p.m. on September 16, 2019, an employee was removing a socket from a flywheel while the truck was being started. The employee's finger was caught between the flywheel and vehicle frame, and struck by the moving flywheel. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Springfield site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 50 workers: 6.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 391 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Sharp Transit of Springfield
Springfield · 2025
50
5
5
6.3
3.6
Sharp Transit LLC Springfield OH
Springfield · 2022
53
4
2
4.8
3.6
Springfield, OH
Springfield · 2016
40
0
0
0.0
3.6
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.
Nov 4, 2020, Springfield: Amputation · amputations · toes(s), toenail(s)
A truck driver opened the door at the back of the trailer and the door fell onto the driver's right foot. Two toes were amputated.
An employee was attempting to retrieve a socket wrench attached to a truck when another employee started the truck. The flywheel then caught the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2)
(2) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report by establishments with 100 or more employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 100 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix B to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
Other mixed mode transit systems employers in Ohio
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