Inspection 348421454 OPENED AUG 6, 2025Closed
14106 Baikal Manor, La Marque, TX 77568 · Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Builders Choice Inc. 2 times in Texas since 2024.
The latest one began on Aug 6, 2025 as a planned inspection, in La Marque.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,587 and now stand at $16,134, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Builders Choice Inc. averages $16,134 (1 cited inspection).
Builders Choice Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 347209975 OPENED JAN 11, 2024Closed
252 Fallbrook Drive, Houston, TX 77038 · Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $8,067 | $8,067 | Apr 2, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $8,067 | $8,067 | Apr 2, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3) · Woodworking machinery |
Serious | $6,453 | $0 | Apr 2, 2024 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Houston site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 62 workers: 8.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallbrook Location Houston · 2024 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| Kaltenbrun Houston · 2024 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 13.1 | 2.6 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3)
(3) Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be provided with nonkickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator. They shall be designed to provide adequate holding power for all the thicknesses of materials being cut.
Other wood kitchen cabinet and countertop manufacturing employers in Texas
- Southern Bleacher Company Graham · 13 citations · $6,602
- Easy Surfaces Corporation Dallas · 7 citations · $12,000
- Alamo City Countertops San Antonio · 3 citations · $4,540
- Lone Star Millwork Group, Inc. Houston · 3 citations · $1,702
- Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC Mesquite · 2 citations · $3,617
- Republic Elite Industries Leander · 1 citation · $8,513
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.