Establishment profile
DORSEY TRAILERS INC.
401 HICKMAN AVE., ELBA, AL, 36323
336212 — Truck Trailer Manufacturing
EIN 832837598
Summary
DORSEY TRAILERS INC. has accumulated 132 OSHA violations across 22 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $3,865 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 27,145 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 40 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
DORSEY TRAILERS INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 48 citations in this view · $2,215 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 5 | 5 | $30 | May 1974 | Jan 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 A | 4 | 4 | $310 | May 1974 | May 1977 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 3 | 3 | $320 | May 1977 | Jan 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 B04 IXC | 3 | 3 | $130 | Jan 1973 | May 1977 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G02 | 3 | 3 | $30 | Sep 1976 | Jul 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A02 | 3 | 3 | — | Jan 1973 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 C05 | 2 | 2 | $235 | Sep 1976 | Jan 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 040005 | 2 | 2 | $35 | Sep 1976 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 011017 | 2 | 1 | $35 | Sep 1976 | Sep 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 B 037015 | 2 | 2 | $30 | Sep 1976 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 2 | 2 | $30 | Sep 1976 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G03 | 2 | 2 | $30 | Sep 1976 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 G01 V | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 1976 | Jun 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0101 B | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 1979 | Jun 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 1979 | Jun 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 1976 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 025051 | 2 | 1 | — | Apr 1979 | Apr 1979 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 B02 | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 1973 | Sep 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 H01 | 2 | 2 | — | May 1974 | Sep 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E03 VA | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jul 1977 | Jul 1977 |
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 3362 within AL. Peer group: 27,145 employers. This establishment has 132 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 302 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) · Dec 2019
Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2019 | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 40+ years. Most recent activity: 40 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for DORSEY TRAILERS INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for DORSEY TRAILERS 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 DORSEY TRAILERS 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 DORSEY TRAILERS INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DORSEY TRAILERS INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities · 2 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DORSEY TRAILERS INC 1409 HICKMAN ST · ELBA, AL, 36323 | WaterRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2004 | View → |
DORSEY TRAILERS INC 1315 HICKMAN AVENUE · ELBA, AL, 36323 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for DORSEY TRAILERS INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-12-10 | Planned | 10 | 5 | $640 | |
| 1982-07-08 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-05-24 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-05-24 | Planned | 15 | 5 | $540 | |
| 1979-11-14 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-06-26 | Complaint | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-05-15 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-03-13 | Complaint | 35 | 2 | $720 | |
| 1977-07-27 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1977-07-17 | Accident | 4 | 4 | $1,000 | |
| 1977-05-26 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1977-05-11 | Complaint | 8 | — | $200 | |
| 1976-10-14 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-10-05 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-09-21 | Complaint | 36 | — | $315 | |
| 1976-09-13 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-08-10 | Complaint | 1 | — | $180 | |
| 1975-04-16 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1974-05-22 | Complaint | 10 | — | $120 | |
| 1974-01-30 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1973-02-22 | Follow-up | 1 | — | $60 | |
| 1973-01-24 | Complaint | 9 | — | $90 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DORSEY TRAILERS INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. 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 DORSEY TRAILERS INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- DORSEY TRAILERS INC. has 22 OSHA inspections on record with 132 violations and $3,865 in total penalties.
- How does DORSEY TRAILERS INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- DORSEY TRAILERS INC. operates in the truck trailer manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.9. DORSEY TRAILERS INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.8 compared to an industry average of 2.8.