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OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.

5500 W. 47TH ST., CHICAGO, IL, 60638
Operated by OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC · 1 of 95 establishments
484121General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
EIN 560751714

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OSHA inspections
7
over 27 years
Violations
17
$4,980 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 27 years of recorded history, with $4,980 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 331 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
7
0.3 / yr · last 27 yrs
Violations
17
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$4,980
$293 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 7
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 7

86% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $4,980 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0176 A22$200Mar 2012May 2014
29 CFR 1910.0026 C02 IV11$1,800May 2003May 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 E0111$1,530Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0211$1,350Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0111$100Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11May 2014May 2014
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0311Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111Mar 2012Mar 2012
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11Mar 2012Mar 2012
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0211Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0411Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0165 B0111Jun 2003Jun 2003
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111May 2003May 2003
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11May 2003May 2003

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4841 within IL. Peer group: 331 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
80th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 1

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.

DART rate
5.6
vs industry
+3.3
TRIR
5.6
vs industry
+2.6

Reported for 33 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

Industry avg TRIR
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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

Planned
5
Complaint
2

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 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$18,000
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 · $18,000 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Nov 2004111$18,000

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 · $18,000 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2003 – Nov 2004General Freight Trucking, Long-DistanceFMLA11$18,000

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 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, 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 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, 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 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, 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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC
5500 W 47TH ST · FOREST VIEW, IL, 60638
WaterNo Violation Identified00Aug 2016View →

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

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2014-04-22Planned2$200
2012-08-22Complaint4$100
2012-02-29Planned3$0
2003-04-17Planned2$0
2003-04-17Planned5$2,880
2003-04-04Complaint1$1,800
1999-06-03Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. is one of 95 establishments rolled up under the parent organization OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC across all 95 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC, which operates 95 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 OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $4,980 in total penalties.
How does OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. operates in the general freight trucking, long-distance, truckload industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3. OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 5.62 compared to an industry average of 2.3.