ED Bell Construction Co.: OSHA inspections and violations
Roanoke, Texas · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · NAICS 237310
17inspections
9citation items
$16,726current penalties
Aug 27, 2024last inspection
OSHA has inspected ED Bell Construction Co. 17 times in Texas since 1979.
The latest one began on Aug 27, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Burleson.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 3 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $24,135 and now stand at $16,726, 31% lower after settlements or reviews.
Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.500.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and ED Bell Construction Co. averages $10,426 (1 cited inspection).
3 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
ED Bell Construction Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Texas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
391employers cited
11 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Aug 27, 2024 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by motor vehicle during flagg
At 1:00 p.m. on August 27, 2024, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a highway construction contractor. The employee was conducting one way flagging operations in support of road barrier system installation. The employee was improperly positioned in roadway resulting in him being struck by an inattentive driver. The employee died from blunt force trauma to his body from impact with the car and against the pavement.
Incident on Aug 3, 2011 (fatal): Employee is found dead in car
At approximately 6:28 a.m. on August 3, 2011 Employee #1, a highway construction worker, was found dead after his work shift inside his automobile underneath a bridge. The medical examiner ruled the manner of death as undetermined. An inves tigation revealed no further information.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 314272618 OPENED APR 20, 2010Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Mar 4, 2013
Incident on Oct 25, 1988 (fatal): Employee killed when struck by train
At approximately 9:00 a.m., Employee #1, of Ed Bell Construction Company, a high way construction contractor, was engaged in concrete finish work. He was attempt ing to retrieve a concrete trowel and broom from the rails when a train approach ed. Employee #1 was struck by the train as he reached for the tools and was kill ed.
No citations from this inspection.
9 older inspections
Inspection 2440162 OPENED JAN 5, 1988Closed
Unprogrammed related · Complete · Safety · 60 employees at the site · Closed Jan 29, 1988
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Dallas site logged 13 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 278 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 83 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ed Bell Construction Company
Dallas · 2017
278
13
1
3.7
2.2
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.
(a) A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist is provided.
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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.