OSHA has inspected Mesa Mechanical 8 times in Texas since 1989.
The latest one began on Aug 19, 2025 after a complaint, in Houston; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 5 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $14,826 and now stand at $10,306, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Job-site wiring comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.405.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Mesa Mechanical averages $8,276 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Mesa Mechanical also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 343972758 OPENED APR 26, 2019Closed
Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Oct 2, 2019
16503 Ramsey Road, Crosby, TX 77532 · Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 2, 2019 (fatal): One employee is killed and two others are injured in explosi
At approximately 10:40 a.m. on April 2, 2019, the housing of a three-inch Y-strainer of an isobutylene line that fed into reactor K8 ruptured and isobutylene was released, forming a vapor cloud. Three employees responded to mitigate the isobutylene vapor in the reactor area. As Employee #1 was at an old control room area and Employee #2 was approaching a tank farm area away from reactors K8 and K9, Employee #3 activated the fire water monitor located next to the hot oil area on the West side of the main control room. Shortly after 10:50 a.m., the isobutylene vapor cloud ignited, causing an explosion. Fire spread to a dry storage area. Employee #1 suffered injuries that affected his upper extremity and brachial artery on his right side, killing him. Employees #2 and #3 sustained thermal burns, which they were hospitalized and received treatment. received treatment.
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 2022, the Houston site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 108 workers: 5.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 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.