Since 1974, OSHA inspectors have visited Gulf Compress in Texas 6 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Oct 11, 2018 on a referral, in Corpus Christi.
In all, OSHA issued 28 citation items: 22 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $30,674; today they stand at $19,925, 35% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 4 times.
Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,555 penalty. Gulf Compress averages $7,760 across 1 cited inspection.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Gulf Compress also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 9, 2018: Employee fractures leg and ankle when run over by forklift
At 11:09 a.m. on October 9, 2018, an employee was walking a forklift and was struck by it when it reversed itself down a ramp. The employee fractured his right ankle and leg when it was run over by the forklift. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident on Dec 18, 1999 (fatal): Employee killed in fall when cotton bales topple
After sundown, Employee #1, an 18-year-old seasonal worker, was in a cotton bale storage warehouse, flagging and identifying the bales. The cotton bales measure d roughly 5 ft by 3 ft by 2 ft and each weighed about 500 lb. For some reason, E mployee #1 was climbing on a stack of two or three bales when the stack shifted and the bales toppled over. He fell onto the concrete floor and was killed. Subs equent investigation revealed that the stacking, which was done using a powered industrial trucks, was irregular and unstable at some points. Some of the narrow aisles had also become partially blocked by leaning bales. The lighting inside the building had deteriorated during the high-volume season, and it appeared que stionable the extent to which newly-hired workers were aware of the hazards invo lved with working on and around the warehouse stack.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Corpus Christi site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 33 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Plant 2
Corpus Christi · 2025
33
1
0
3.9
2.6
Plant 1
Corpus Christi · 2025
33
0
0
0.0
2.6
Gulf Compress
Corpus Christi · 2019
54
2
2
2.6
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Oct 29, 2019, Corpus Christi: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · ankle(s)
An employee was scanning a cotton bale when a forklift hit his right ankle. He was hospitalized.
Oct 8, 2018, Corpus Christi: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was walking around a portable ramp when a forklift, coming off the ramp, struck him and broke his ankle. He was hospitalized.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Apr 11, 2022 to Apr 10, 2024
CORPUS CHRISTI
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(vi) Vent piping for aboveground tanks. (a) Vent piping shall be constructed in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.106(g)(3)(ivd)
(iv) Dispensing units. (a) Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall be transferred from tanks by means of fixed pumps so designed and equipped as to allow control of the flow and to prevent leakage or accidental discharge.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.145 · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags
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.
