OSHA has inspected Handgards, Inc. 19 times in Texas since 1975.
The latest one began on Jan 31, 2024 as a planned inspection, in El Paso.
Those inspections ended with 40 citation items: 18 serious, 1 repeat and 21 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $87,597 and now stand at $59,525, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.309.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Handgards, Inc. averages $17,167 (3 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Handgards, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 345981369 OPENED MAY 25, 2022Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 332 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2022
901 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 343454260 OPENED SEP 11, 2018Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 322 employees at the site · Closed Nov 5, 2018
901 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342678570 OPENED OCT 3, 2017Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 322 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2018
901 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 3, 2017 (fatal): Employee is caught-in machine and is killed
At 1:30 p.m. on October 3, 2017, an employee was attempting to cut or dislodge product. The employee was caught in the machine and was killed. No other details were provided about the accident or injury.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $11,641 | $10,000 | Mar 8, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $6,652 | $0 | Mar 8, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $6,652 | $6,000 | Mar 8, 2018 | Final |
Inspection 340907781 OPENED SEP 10, 2015Closed
Planned · No inspection · Health · 130 employees at the site · Closed Jan 25, 2016
901 Hawkins, Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915 · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the El Paso site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 247 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
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.
