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PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.

6179 SUNRISE DRIVE, PINSON, AL, 35126
332811Metal Heat Treating
EIN 630580832

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OSHA inspections
8
over 42 years
Violations
20
$8,055 in penalties
Penalties
$8,055
$403 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 20 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $8,055 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 71 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 42 yrs
Violations
20
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$8,055
$403 avg / violation
25% serious75% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 8
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 8

63% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 19 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $8,055 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122Jan 1988Jun 2009
5A000111$2,940Apr 2014Apr 2014
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$2,940Apr 2014Apr 2014
29 CFR 1910.0146 F1011$938Jun 2009Jun 2009
29 CFR 1910.0146 K01 I11$937Jun 2009Jun 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$300Jul 1992Jul 1992
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111Jun 2009Jun 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11Jun 2009Jun 2009
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0211Jun 2009Jun 2009
29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 I11Jun 1991Jun 1991
29 CFR 1910.0180 C0211Jun 1991Jun 1991
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I11Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0252 B04 IXC11Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0303 F11Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211Jan 1988Jan 1988
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11Jan 1988Jan 1988

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3328 within AL. Peer group: 71 employers. This establishment has 20 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
67th
peer median: $5,000
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
2.4
vs industry
−0.2
TRIR
2.4
vs industry
−0.9

Reported for 44 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
4
Accident
1
Referral
1
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Dec 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Dec 30, 2021Contact with hot objects or substancesMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 30, 2021Arm,Burn,Door,Face,Fire,Furnace,Gas,High Temperature,Ignite,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Neck,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Struck By11
Jun 11, 1992FURNACE,OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,CONFINED SPACE,WORK RULES,GAS,COMMUNICATIONFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING CO. INC.
6179 SUNRISE DRIVE · PINSON, AL, 35126
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Oct 2023View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
1197951
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$15K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Defense
$15K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    HEAT TREATMENT SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2010-06-17
    $15,288

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332811 - METAL HEAT TREATING. Last action: 2010-06-17. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-01-07Referral0$0
2014-07-11Follow-up0$0
2013-12-23Fatality/Catastrophe22$5,880
2009-03-11Planned62$1,875
1992-06-11Accident11$300
1991-06-04Planned2$0
1987-11-23Planned9$0
1983-12-19Planned0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 20 violations and $8,055 in total penalties.
How does PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. operates in the metal heat treating industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.3. PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.36 compared to an industry average of 2.6.
Has PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving PINSON VALLEY HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC..