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Tforce Freight, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Wallingford, Connecticut · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · NAICS 484121

1inspections
1citation items
$0current penalties
Jun 24, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Tforce Freight, Inc. once in Connecticut.

The inspection began on Jun 24, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Wallingford.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,296 and now stand at $0, 100% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Tforce Freight, Inc. averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Tforce Freight, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347572422 OPENED JUN 24, 2024Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 63 employees at the site · Closed Apr 10, 2026

130 North Plains Industrial Road, Wallingford, CT 06492 · General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 21, 2024 (fatal): Employee's head strikes pavement when piv flips, dies of hea

At 9:16 p.m. on June 21, 2024, an employee working as a shipping and receiving clerk for a freight company was working an extended work shift. The employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) driving out a warehouse door. As the employee exited the door, he turned around and hit a yellow painted steel bollard. The PIV flipped over and caused the employee to hit his head on the pavement. The employee was not wearing a seat belt. The employee died from head trauma.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.176(a) · Material storage and aisles
 Other-than-serious$8,296$0Nov 20, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.176(a)

(a) Use of mechanical equipment. Where mechanical handling equipment is used, sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be made. Aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. Permanent aisles and passageways shall be appropriately marked.

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