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JK Tank Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Kerens, Texas · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · NAICS 238990

1inspections
3citation items
$0current penalties
Dec 4, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected JK Tank Services once in Texas.

The inspection began on Dec 4, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Kerens.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

None of the citations carried a penalty.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and JK Tank Services averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

JK Tank Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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2 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 347914798 OPENED DEC 4, 2024Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jun 3, 2025

200 South Senter Avenue, Kerens, TX 75144 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 3, 2024 (fatal): Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall from water tower

At 1:00 p.m. on December 3, 2024, an employee working as a painter for a construction contractor was working on crew installing a water tower. The employee was trying climb from a lift onto the tower without using fall protection. The employee fell from the lift and died from multiple blunt trauma.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.452(o)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3)

(3) Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.452(o)(2)

(2) The supporting rope between the scaffold and the suspension device shall be kept vertical unless all of the following conditions are met:

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.454(a)

(a) The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:

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