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Cox Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Tyler, Texas · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

6inspections
15citation items
$2,869current penalties
Oct 3, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Cox Construction 6 times in Texas since 1974.

The latest one began on Oct 3, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Austin.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 5 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,038 and now stand at $2,869, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Cox Construction averages $2,779 (1 cited inspection).

Cox Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 1974 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341812899 OPENED OCT 3, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2017

775 West 10th Street, Austin, TX 78701 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv) · Job-site wiring
Serious$1,604$642Oct 7, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,672$1,069Oct 7, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Oct 7, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,672$1,069Oct 7, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Serious$0$0Oct 7, 2016Final

Inspection 103634952 OPENED JUN 6, 1989Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 30, 1989

621 North 5th Street, Longview, TX 75601 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 14, 1989Closed

Inspection 101797405 OPENED JAN 16, 1986Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 1986

Hwy 31 West, Tyler, TX 75712 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 1538677 OPENED JAN 7, 1985Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 1985

Hwy 31 West, Tyler, TX 75712 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 16867871 OPENED FEB 3, 1976Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

32 & Wharf Road, Galveston, TX 77550 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 17095225 OPENED NOV 6, 1974Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Feb 19, 1975

Crescent Chemical Tank Farm, Port Lavaca, TX 78409 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(1) · Construction safety training
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.50(c) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$40$40Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.50(d)(1) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1) · Flammable liquids
Other-than-serious$25$25Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.350(a)(1) · Gas welding and cutting
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.352(d) · Fire prevention
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(5) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Other-than-serious$25$25Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1926.550(a)(6) · [Reserved]
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1903.2(a) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 1974Closed

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.

29 CFR 1926.152 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Only approved containers and portable tanks shall be used for storage and handling of flammable liquids. Approved safety cans or Department of Transportation approved containers shall be used for the handling and use of flammable liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less, except that this shall not apply to those flammable liquid materials which are highly viscid (extremely hard to pour), which may be used and handled in original shipping containers. For quantities of one gallon or less, the original container may be used, for storage, use and handling of flammable liquids.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(1)

(b) Employer responsibility. (1) The employer should avail himself of the safety and health training programs the Secretary provides.

29 CFR 1926.350 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1926.352 · Fire prevention

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.550 · [Reserved]

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