Balcones Resources Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Austin, Texas · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930
1inspections
1citation items
$8,502current penalties
Jun 4, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Balcones Resources Inc. once in Texas.
The inspection began on Jun 4, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Austin.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,145 and now stand at $8,502, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Balcones Resources Inc. averages $8,502 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Balcones Resources Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jun 4, 2020 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed by roll-off container
At 7:00 a.m. on June 4, 2020, Employee # 1 was guiding a coworker, a driver, who was backing up a roll-off container. Employee # 1 went between the container and the compactor to scoop up spilled materials from compactor. Employee # 1 was crushed and killed between the roll-off container box and the compactor. compactor.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Austin site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 114 workers: 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 99 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Balcones Recycling- Austin
Austin · 2025
114
5
1
4.2
1.0
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Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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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.
