General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload
Industry Summary
With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 8,831 businesses operating in the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 247,660 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, October 17th 2018 by OSHA representitives in , after learning of an incident at Express Trucking & Courier Inc. which had occured on Monday, October 15th 2018. A 41 year old Truck driver had been killed when the employee was struck by a box truck and was killed
OSHA ID110151.015
Accident Date2018-10-15
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 8:00 p.m. on October 15, 2018, an employee was walking within an outdoor cargo loading area when he was struck by a box truck and is killed.
OSHA investigators arrived in West Sacramento, CA on Wednesday, September 19th 2018 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. which had occured on Monday, September 17th 2018. A 54 year old man working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID109310.015
Accident Date2018-09-17
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 9:30 p.m. on September 17, 2018, an employee approached an idling yard goat that his coworker was operating. As the employee stepped onto the goat, his coworker quickly moved the vehicle forward. The employee lost his footing and fell to the ground, resulting in the rear tires running over him. The employee was crushed and killed.
On Thursday, September 28th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Wilmington, OH which had occured previously at R & L Carriers Shared Services, Llc. A 51 year old man working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the employee was caught between moving trailer and was killed
OSHA ID99369.015
Accident Date2017-09-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 27, 2017, Employee #1, a truck driver, had attached two trailers to his tractor trailer truck using a converter dolly to connect the other trailer. He had helped another driver with the same task. Employee #1 was either moving between or standing between the other driver's trailer and converter dolly to aid with connecting them, when the driver moved the truck. Employee #1 was caught between one of the trailers and the converter dolly and suffered crushing injuries to his chest with features of traumatic asphyxia that killed him.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
2.47
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 648
375%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 57