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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
employment-related offenses	$480,728,911	14
environment-related offenses	$41,930,558	14
safety-related offenses	$15,455,800	23
financial offenses	$150,000	1

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
benefit plan administrator violation	$480,030,003	4
air pollution violation	$28,520,625	3
motor vehicle safety violation	$15,000,000	1
environmental violation	$13,322,085	8
workplace safety or health violation	$455,800	22

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page here.

Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

Individual Penalty Records:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.

Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC	benefit plan administrator violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$480,000,000
Detroit Diesel Corporation	air pollution violation	2016	EPA	$28,500,000
Daimler Trucks North America	motor vehicle safety violation	2020	NHTSA	$15,000,000
Detroit Diesel Corporation	environmental violation	2016	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $14,000,000
DETROIT DIESEL CORP.	environmental violation	2005	EPA	$13,073,375
Freightliner Corp	employment discrimination	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$365,268
Daimler Trucks North America	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2009	OR-AG	$150,000
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2022	OSHA	$145,020
Detroit Diesel Corporation	environmental violation	2019	EPA	$129,000
Detroit Diesel	environmental violation	2019	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $129,000
Thomas Built Bus/Freightliner	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$86,036
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$63,700
Thomas Built Buses	hazardous waste violation	2001	NC-ENV	$54,800
FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS, LLC	environmental violation	2004	EPA	$53,000
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp., a subsidiary of Freightliner LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler-Chrysler Corporation, Inc.	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$51,513
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$42,682
Thomas Built Bus/Freightliner	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$40,048
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC	employment discrimination	2015	EEOC	$40,000
FREIGHTLINER LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$30,000
THOMAS BUILT BUSES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2022	OSHA	$25,000
THOMAS BUILT BUSES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2023	OSHA	$25,000
Detroit Diesel Corporation	environmental violation	2007	EPA	$25,000
Thomas Built Buses, Inc., a Subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America LLC	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$24,928
Freightliner LLC - Thomas Built Buses	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$24,500
FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS, LLC	environmental violation	2004	EPA	$22,000
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2014	OSHA	$21,675
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2019	OSHA	$20,115
Freightliner, LLC	hazardous waste violation	2005	NC-ENV	$20,000
Daimler Buses North America, Inc.	environmental violation	2010	EPA	$19,710
Freightliner	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$16,821
FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASSIS	air pollution violation	2003	SC-ENV	$15,000
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$14,700
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC DBA THOMAS BUILT	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$14,400
Daimler Trucks	solid waste violation	2010	NC-ENV	$13,048
THOMAS BUILT BUSES INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2023	OSHA	$12,500
FREIGHTLINER LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2007	OSHA	$10,850
DETROIT DIESEL REMANUFACTURING CORPORATION	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	EBSA	$10,001
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	EBSA	$10,001
DETROIT DEISEL CORPORATION	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	EBSA	$10,001
THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2022	OSHA	$9,750
FREIGHTLINER LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2001	OSHA	$8,540
Freightliner LLC	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$7,112
THOMAS BUILT BUSES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2016	OSHA	$7,000
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$6,900
THOMAS BUILT BUSES INC	workplace safety or health violation	2023	OSHA	$6,500
DETROIT DIESEL CORP	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$6,300
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2016	OSHA	$6,000
DETROIT DIESEL CORP	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$5,850
FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$5,700
Detroit Diesel Corp.	air pollution violation	2022	CA-ARB	$5,625
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2013	OSHA	$5,300
FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASSIS CORPORATION	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$5,000