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FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

5927 WEST IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90045
Operated by FedEx Corporation · 1 of 1,546 establishments
492110Couriers and Express Delivery Services

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OSHA inspections
16
over 37 years
Violations
25
$7,725 in penalties
Penalties
$7,725
$309 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 hospitalizations

Summary

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $7,725 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 338 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
16
0.4 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
25
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$7,725
$309 avg / violation
20% serious80% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 16
Inspection trigger · accident
8 of 16

44% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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 · 21 citations in this view · $7,635 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3241 C22$370Jul 1994Feb 1997
29 CFR 2510.000411$935Jul 1994Jul 1994
3210 A11$935Jul 1994Jul 1994
4851 C11$935Jul 1994Jul 1994
3210 C11$750Oct 2014Oct 2014
3664 A1311$475May 1995May 1995
3314(C)11$450Nov 2017Nov 2017
342 A11$375May 1998May 1998
29 CFR 2340.002311$375Jul 1994Jul 1994
3216 B11$185May 1997May 1997
3328 G11$185May 1997May 1997
6184 A0511$185Feb 1997Feb 1997
322411$185Feb 1997Feb 1997
3235 E11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
3577 E11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
3656 C11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
3660 A11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
6170 C1011$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
3400 C11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994
461 C11$185Jul 1994Jul 1994

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4921 within CA. Peer group: 338 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $199
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
7.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
6.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
8
Accident
8

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 14, 2018Aircraft,Containerized Cargo,Contusion,Foot,Laceration,Struck By11
Apr 3, 2017Building,Caught Between,Foot,Fracture,Truck11
Jul 22, 2004FRACTURE,BRAKE,AIRPORT,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,CART,CONTUSION,LEG1
Oct 30, 1997FRACTURE,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TRUCK,TRACTOR,LEG11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
7 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Aug 201011

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2009 – Aug 2010Postal ServiceFMLA11

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 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for FedEx Corporation, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other FedEx Corporation locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
31-CA-029331Unfair labor practiceJul 2009Jul 2009ClosedRegion 31, Los Angeles, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION. 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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
5927 W IMPERIAL HWY · LOS ANGELES, CA, 90045
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$0
Disposition
dismissal
Crime type
Controlled Substances / Drugs / Meth Act

First case: 2016-07-17. Most recent: 2016-07-17. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
Federal Express Corp.
Jul 2016dismissalControlled Substances / Drugs / Meth ActCalifornia - NorthernNo

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — FEDEX CORP (across 32 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$5.6B
Obligated (all-time)
$21.5B
Awards (all-time)
28,532

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-01-17Accident0$0
2017-05-15Accident0$0
2017-05-15Complaint2$450
2014-05-05Accident1$750
2004-08-26Accident0$0
1999-09-17Accident0$0
1999-04-15Complaint0$0
1997-12-12Accident1$375
1997-03-20Complaint0$0
1996-12-13Complaint5$925
1996-05-15Accident0$0
1995-05-03Accident11$475
1994-06-24Complaint134$4,750
1993-06-17Complaint0$0
1991-05-13Complaint2$0
1989-04-07Complaint0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION is one of 1,546 establishments rolled up under the parent organization FedEx Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of FedEx Corporation across all 1,546 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup FedEx Corporation, which operates 1,546 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $7,725 in total penalties.
How does FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION operates in the couriers and express delivery services industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 7.9.