Alsay Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations
The Woodlands, Texas · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110
7inspections
37citation items
$24,755current penalties
May 6, 2015last inspection
Since 1985, OSHA inspectors have visited Alsay Incorporated in Texas 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on May 6, 2015 on a referral, in Katy.
In all, OSHA issued 37 citation items: 22 serious and 15 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $37,890; today they stand at $24,755, 35% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 4 times.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Alsay Incorporated averages $19,440 across 1 cited inspection.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Alsay Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 21, 1985 (fatal): Employee killed when crushed between trailer and bulldozer
Employee #1, a flagman, was standing at the rear of a truck and trailer that wer e stuck in the mud. One bulldozer had been hooked to the rear of the truck, and another to the rear of the trailer, so that workers could attempt to pull them o ut. They had been unable to pull the truck and trailer free, so both bulldozers were being unhooked so that they could be repositioned. Employee #1 was motionin g the bulldozer driver to back up when the bulldozer ran over a high ridge under the water. The bulldozer slipped backward and caught Employee #1, pinning him a gainst the trailer. He was killed.
No citations from this inspection.
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Houston site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 125 workers: 5.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 37 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Alsay Incorporated
Houston · 2025
125
8
4
5.3
1.0
Alsay Houston
Houston · 2018
82
3
1
2.7
1.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
An employee was taking pipe out of a well. He was holding backup tongs when the pipe unexpectedly rotated, catching his right ring finger between the slip handle and chain tong handle. The employee's finger was partially amputated at the fingernail.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
(vi) Vent piping for aboveground tanks. (a) Vent piping shall be constructed in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(2)(ii)
(ii) Emergency venting. Each portable tank shall be provided with one or more devices installed in the top with sufficient emergency venting capacity to limit internal pressure under fire exposure conditions to 10 p.s.i.g., or 30 percent of the bursting pressure of the tank, whichever is greater. The total venting capacity shall be not less than that specified in paragraphs (b)(2)(v) (c) or (e) of this section. At least one pressure-activated vent having a minimum capacity of 6,000 cubic feet of free air (14.7 p.s.i.a. and 60 °F.) shall be used. It shall be set to open at not less than 5 p.s.i.g. If fusible vents are used, they shall be actuated by elements that operate at a temperature not exceeding 300 °F.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
