OSHA has inspected CLW, Inc 8 times in Texas since 1984.
The latest one began on Jun 16, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Cleveland.
Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 8 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $68,983 and now stand at $34,262, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Noise comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.95.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and CLW, Inc averages $6,309 (4 cited inspections).
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
CLW, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 6 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 346778566 OPENED JUN 16, 2023Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2023
10001 Fm 2025, Cleveland, TX 77328 · Sawmills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 16, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by motor vehicle
At 7:00 a.m. on June 16, 2023, an employee had parked her vehicle and was on the shoulder of a state road to go to her work area. A motor vehicle struck the employee. The driver fell asleep and swerved onto the shoulder. The employee died of blunt force trauma to the head and body.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 341909133 OPENED NOV 10, 2016Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 150 employees at the site · Closed Jun 29, 2020
14055 Cox St., Splendora, TX 77372 · Sawmills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Nov 9, 2016 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from trailer
At 4:15 p.m. on November 9, 2016, an employee was standing on top of trailer covering a load of wood dust with a tarp. The employee fell from the top of the trailer and was killed when his head hit the ground.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $12,548 | $2,500 | Mar 30, 2017 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Splendora site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 70 workers: 2.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 6 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 6 reports on file.
Aug 17, 2023, Cleveland: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee was on the table of a machine. She went to jump down from the table and fractured her lower leg on the ground. The employee was hospitalized.
Sep 19, 2020, Livingston: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to pull a switch in the back of a forklift to release the brake. His hand contacted the radiator fan blade and half of his right pinky finger was amputated. The employee was hospitalized.
Sep 5, 2020, Splendora: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · forearm(s)
An employee was using an electric grinder when it cut the employee's left forearm.
Apr 21, 2020, Cleveland: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)
An employee was feeding wood into the chipper when a board kicked out and struck him in the left hip, which was fractured. He was hospitalized.
Feb 23, 2018, Livingston: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hand(s), unspecified
An employee changing out a belt on a trimmer was struck by the machine's door when it disengaged from the position in which it was propped, causing injury to the employee's left hand requiring surgery.
Jul 28, 2016, Livingston: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was using a trimmer to cut sections of wood when his hand entered the blade area. At the same time, the blade activated and amputated three fingers on the employee's right hand.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
