OSHA has inspected Anchor Fabrication 6 times in Texas since 1993.
The latest one began on Jan 8, 2019 after a complaint, in Fort Worth.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 12 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $45,650 and now stand at $25,470, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Anchor Fabrication averages $10,230 (1 cited inspection).
Anchor Fabrication also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Texas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
398employers cited
5 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Fort Worth site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 307 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Anchor Fabrication
Fort Worth · 2025
307
2
0
0.6
3.6
Anchor Fabrication, LLC
Fort Worth · 2024
223
1
0
0.4
3.6
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
May 9, 2015, Fort Worth: Hospitalization · crushing injuries · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was rolling a piece of metal that got crooked going into the roll machine. The employee attempted to straighten the piece when the roller caught the employee's glove. The roller has an "E" stop and an emergency cable. The employee hit the cable and the rollers stopped. A coworker hit reverse, and the employee's hand was freed from the machine. The left index finger was crushed,…
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i)
(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)
(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.
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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.