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Northwinds Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Deer Park, Texas · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

3inspections
7citation items
$5,940current penalties
Aug 27, 2025last inspection

Northwinds Construction, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 1993.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 27, 2025 on a referral, in Cypress.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $8,640 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,940, down 31%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.20, construction safety programs (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Northwinds Construction, Inc. averages $4,965 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Northwinds Construction, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Northwinds Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1993 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348466970 OPENED AUG 27, 2025Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 13, 2026

17902 Telge Road, Cypress, TX 77429 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Other-than-serious$4,965$4,965Feb 18, 2026Final

Inspection 304569833 OPENED DEC 19, 2001Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Health · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2002

8600 Knight Road, Houston, TX 77054 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1) · Construction safety programs
Serious$1,500$750Apr 4, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Serious$1,500$0Apr 4, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i) · Fire protection
Other-than-serious$225$0Apr 4, 2002Closed

Inspection 107490781 OPENED DEC 17, 1993Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 1994

1100 Georgia, Deer Park, TX 77536 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.59(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$75$0May 4, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.602(a)(9)(ii) · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction
Serious$75$75May 4, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$300$150May 4, 1994Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2019, the Houston site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 34 workers: 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 66 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
M&M Erectors, Inc.
Houston · 2019
34 112.80.6
Northwinds Construction
Houston · 2019
21 104.60.6

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Aug 26, 2025, Cypress: Hospitalization · fractures · upper and lower extremities n.e.c.

An employee was helping to install a storm drain. The process included digging a trench, laying the storm drain pipe, and burying the pipe. The employee climbed down inside the unguarded trench to get measurements and do leveling for the stabilizing sand. The employee started to prepare the sand so they could lay the pipe. An excavator put some sand into the trench. Dirt then fell on him…

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

29 CFR 1926.150 · Fire protection

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i)

(c) Portable firefighting equipment—(1) Fire extinguishers and small hose lines. (i) A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, shall be provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof. Travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest fire extinguisher shall not exceed 100 feet.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1)

(b) Accident prevention responsibilities. (1) It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.

29 CFR 1926.59 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1926.602 · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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