GFL ENVIRONMENTAL USA INC
6200 ELMRIDGE DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313 · NAICS 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
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Inspection records
Jan 31, 2020#344596077Jan 31, 2020Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#344596077$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344596077
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 31, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 3, 2020
- Closed
- Sep 17, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 364
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6200 Elmridge Dr., Sterling Heights, MI 48313
- Industry
- 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Jun 12, 2018#343202602Jun 12, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#343202602$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343202602
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 12, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 12, 2018
- Closed
- Aug 6, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 6200 Elmridge Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
- Industry
- 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Dec 28, 2017#342849908Dec 28, 2017Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#342849908$3,1503 viol.3 violations$3,150 in penalties
Inspection #342849908
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 28, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 23, 2018
- Final Order
- Mar 5, 2018
- Closed
- Jan 31, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 400
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,300
- Penalties on Record
- $3,150
- Site Address
- 6200 Elmridge Dr., Sterling Heights, MI 48313
- Industry
- 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 325.70003(1) | Serious | 1 | 370 | $6,300 | $3,150 | Mar 9, 2018 | - | Mar 5, 2018 |
| 01001B | 325.70004(A) | Serious | 1 | 370 | $0 | $0 | Mar 9, 2018 | - | Mar 5, 2018 |
| 01001C | 325.70016(2) | Serious | 1 | 370 | $0 | $0 | Mar 9, 2018 | - | Mar 5, 2018 |
Nov 28, 2017#342783917Nov 28, 2017Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#342783917$3,9505 viol.5 violations$3,950 in penalties
Inspection #342783917
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 28, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 28, 2017
- Final Order
- Mar 5, 2018
- Closed
- Mar 9, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 400
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,900
- Penalties on Record
- $3,950
- Site Address
- 6200 Elmridge Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
- Industry
- 488490 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 I | Serious | 1 | 400 | $3,500 | $1,750 | - | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| 01001B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08 | Serious | 1 | 400 | $0 | $0 | - | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| 01002 | 325.47201(3) | Serious | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | $1,750 | - | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| 02001A | 408.22113(1) | Other | 1 | 4 | $900 | $450 | - | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| 02001B | 408.22129(1) | Other | 1 | 400 | $0 | $0 | - | Mar 5, 2018 |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
4 inspections, 2017 to 2020. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Support Activities for Transportation, 9,813 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: support activities for road transportation reported 1.9 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 32.1%; NAICS 4884 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source