Other Support Activities for Transportation

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 2,342 businesses operating in the Other Support Activities for Transportation industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 32,155 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (107% more) the average for the Support Activities for Transportation Industry.

OSHA investigators arrived in Odessa, TX on Monday, May 6th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Ogt, Llc. A 55 year old Electrical had been killed when the
OSHA ID115993.015
Accident Date2019-05-04
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on May 4, 2019, an employee was working by himself and using an electrical knife to clean and strip lines in a breaker box. The employee was killed when he accidentally came in contact with an energized part and was electrocuted. Normally these energized parts would have an arc flash shield in front of them but when the employee was found the shield had been removed. A horizontal cut mark was found on the outer sheath of the electrical box where the employer believed the employee had been cutting. The cutting motion would have put the employee's arm directly in front of the where the energized parts were. There were no signs of electrical gloves. Despite the breaker being locked in the off position, the entire unit was not deenergized.
On Monday, October 29th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Anderson, IN after learning of an incident at Evermilk Logistics Llc which had occured on Saturday, October 27th 2018. A 68 year old man working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID110546.015
Accident Date2018-10-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 7:30 p.m. on October 27, 2018, an employee was off loading milk from a tanker truck when he slipped and fell from the top of the tanker, fracturing his skull when he landed on the concrete floor. The employee was killed.
On Monday, October 29th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Anderson, IN which had occured previously at Evermilk Logistics Llc. A 68 year old Truck driver had been killed when the
OSHA ID110546.015
Accident Date2018-10-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 7:30 p.m. on October 27, 2018, an employee was off loading milk from a tanker truck when he slipped and fell from the top of the tanker, fracturing his skull when he landed on the concrete floor. The employee was killed.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
16.98
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 660
226.7%
Inspection Rate: 1.78
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 66