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SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT LINE INC
$4,900
penalties
3
viol.
2
insp.

SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT LINE INC

3400 MILLBRANCH ROAD, MEMPHIS, TN 38116

Inspections
2
Sep 1997 to Apr 2022 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
3
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$4,900
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 2Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Apr 22, 2022Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#345912265$7001 viol.

Inspection #345912265

Dates

Opened
Apr 22, 2022
Closing Conference Date
Apr 22, 2022
Final Order
May 26, 2022
Closed
May 20, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
190
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$700
Penalties on Record
$700
Site Address
3430 East Raines Road, Memphis, TN 38118
Industry
484121 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001TDLWD
OSHA citation code: TDLWD RULE 800-01-03-.05(1)(A)2
Other11$700$700May 16, 2022-May 26, 2022
Sep 11, 1997FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#127328482$4,2002 viol.

Inspection #127328482

Dates

Opened
Sep 11, 1997
Closing Conference Date
Sep 12, 1997
Closed
Jan 5, 1998

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
224
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$4,200
Penalties on Record
$4,200
Site Address
3400 Millbranch Road, Memphis, TN 38116
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalitySep 10, 1997

Forklift operator killed when head crushed by cage bar

Injury: FractureBody part: HeadSource: Materials Handling EquipmentEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001503010501Serious11$2,100$2,100Dec 19, 1997--
010021910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 M06
Serious11$2,100$2,100Dec 19, 1997--
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

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.

Standards cited

1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks1 citation · $2,100
5030105011 citation · $2,100
TDLWD1 citation · $700

Industry comparison

BLS 2024 survey: general freight trucking, long-distance reported 3.0 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 3.5%; NAICS 48412 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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