OSHA has inspected Wagner Logistics once in Louisiana.
The inspection began on May 4, 2021 on a referral, in Monroe.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,703 and now stand at $7,022, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Wagner Logistics averages $7,022 (1 cited inspection).
Wagner Logistics also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Apr 30, 2021: Employee fractures skull, brain bleeds when ejected from piv
At 4:00 p.m. on April 30, 2021, an employee working as an equipment operator for a logistics company was operating a motorized pallet jack. The employee was tasked with relocating pallets within a factory. The employee lost consciousness, releasing the throttle and causing the motorized pallet jack to abruptly stop. The employee was ejected and fell onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull and brain bleed from impact with the floor.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Monroe site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 150 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
0178 - Monroe
Monroe · 2023
150
1
0
0.6
2.6
Div. 178
Monroe · 2020
165
3
1
1.6
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Apr 30, 2021, Monroe: Hospitalization · cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages · brain
A temporary employee was driving an empty pallet jack when he struck a rack and fell off the pallet jack to the ground, resulting in a closed-head injury with a brain bleed.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)
(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.
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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.
