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PV Hardware, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Houston, Texas · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

1inspections
5citation items
$34,560current penalties
Aug 20, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected PV Hardware, LLC once in Texas.

The inspection began on Aug 20, 2025 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Houston.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $40,858 and now stand at $34,560, 15% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and PV Hardware, LLC averages $34,560 (1 cited inspection).

PV Hardware, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

PV Hardware, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348453572 OPENED AUG 20, 2025Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 187 employees at the site · Closed Aug 14, 2026

8303 Mchard Road, Houston, TX 77053 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$11,916$8,341Feb 18, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$8,513$5,959Feb 18, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.754(e)(5)(i) · Structural steel assembly
 Serious$11,916$8,341Feb 18, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$5,959Feb 18, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii) · Ladder and stairway training
 Serious$8,513$5,959Feb 18, 2026Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Houston site logged 19 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 244 workers: 7.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 24 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
McHard
Houston · 2025
244 1987.83.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii)

(iii) The proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling of all stairways and ladders;

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)

(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.754 · Structural steel assembly

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