Establishment profile
CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
4750 SOUTH MERRIMAC AVE., CHICAGO, IL, 60638
488210 — Support Activities for Rail Transportation
EIN 363032275
Summary
CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. has accumulated 40 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $126,164 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 60 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
45% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $123,907 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C04 | 2 | 2 | $6,800 | Sep 1998 | Dec 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 E01 | 2 | 2 | $6,300 | Dec 2011 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 K02 IV | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 2011 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $9,126 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $9,126 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 H02 | 1 | 1 | $9,126 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 E02 | 1 | 1 | $9,126 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 D13 | 1 | 1 | $9,126 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $8,000 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A02 | 1 | 1 | $7,822 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 A | 1 | 1 | $7,822 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 G01 | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 H02 | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 K01 IV | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 F02 | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0145 F07 | 1 | 1 | $5,704 | Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | $5,215 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 A06 | 1 | 1 | $3,911 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1998 | Sep 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 E01 | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1998 | Sep 1998 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4882 within IL. Peer group: 60 employers. This establishment has 40 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 50 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jul 2020
Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2020 | Contact with hot objects or substances | Head, neck, and trunk | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2020 | Burn,Chest,Cleaning,Container,Disconnecting Means,Face,Heat,High Pressure,Hot Water,Neck,Pressure Release,Steam,Steam Cleaner,Steam Line,Struck By,Tank Cleaning,Water | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 14 violations · $12,871 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | May 2010 | 1 | 14 | 13 | $12,871 | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 14 violations · $12,871 in backwages · 13 workers affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 – May 2010 | Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance | FLSA | 14 | 13 | $12,871 | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-24 | Programmed Related | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2021-07-01 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2020-07-14 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $8,000 | |
| 2020-02-04 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-12-06 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-07-05 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2017-06-21 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $5,704 | |
| 2016-11-09 | Complaint | 15 | 14 | $71,134 | |
| 2012-08-16 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2011-10-12 | Referral | 15 | 15 | $37,800 | |
| 1998-06-23 | Complaint | 8 | 8 | $3,525 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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- QUALITY RAIL SERVICE INC.MADISON — 2 federal enforcement records
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 40 violations and $126,163.7 in total penalties.
- How does CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. operates in the support activities for rail transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. CBSL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 27.08 compared to an industry average of 2.