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POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON, TX, 77075
Operated by POWELL INDUSTRIES INC · 1 of 11 establishments
335311Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 17 years
Violations
12
$31,266 in penalties
Penalties
$31,266
$2,605 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 17 years of recorded history, with $31,266 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 57 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.2 / yr · last 17 yrs
Violations
12
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$31,266
$2,605 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 4

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $31,266 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$7,000Jul 2016Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 III11$7,000Jul 2016Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 D03 IV11$7,000Jul 2016Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0179 N03 I11$6,347Mar 2024Mar 2024
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,313Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,313Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811$1,294Nov 2024Nov 2024
29 CFR 1910.0179 N03 III B11Mar 2024Mar 2024
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0311Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0211Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0211Nov 2008Nov 2008
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111Nov 2008Nov 2008

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

88th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3353 within TX. Peer group: 57 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $3,700
Inspection frequency
88th
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
0.2
vs industry
−2.2
TRIR
0.2
vs industry
−2.8

Reported for 780 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
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.2
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

Complaint
2
Referral
2

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) · Feb 2016 – Dec 2023 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode

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 2, 2023Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Feb 21, 2016Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$20,161
Employees affected
2

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 2 violations · $20,161 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
H-1B visa wage protectionsDec 2011122$20,161

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $20,161 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2008 – Dec 2011Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing2$20,161

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, 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 POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
3
Certified
3
Avg wage ratio
1.31x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$38K
Obligated (all-time)
$120K
Awards
7
Top agency
Department of Defense
$88K
Company-wide — POWELL INDUSTRIES INC (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$66K
Obligated (all-time)
$813K
Awards (all-time)
19

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$88K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$17K
Department of Veterans Affairs$14K
General Services Administration$0
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    CENTROID SUBSTATION MAINTAINENCE REPAIR
    contract · Last action 2008-05-01
    $40,445
  • Department of Defense
    FY22 HYD REPAIR 2 480V BREAKERS
    contract · Last action 2022-12-02
    $24,000
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF RECONFIGURE EMERGENCY FEEDER
    contract · Last action 2015-09-09
    $23,952
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    SCAD A SYSTEMS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE.
    contract · Last action 2017-09-30
    $17,425
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    REPAIR MANUFACTURED POWELL BREAKER WACO SWITCHGEAR | PROPRIETARY SOLE-SOURCE POWELL ELECTRIC (VA-24-00093319) IGCE: $13,700.00 | PND: 07/15/2024 | PR: 674-24-4-5072-0402
    contract · Last action 2024-08-22
    $14,345
  • General Services Administration
    FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2026-03-04
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    DHP REMOTE RACKING DEVICE (DEVICE TO ALLOW POWER PLANT STAFF TO OPERATE BREAKERS FROM A SAFE DISTANCE), DELIVERED TO STOCKTON POWER PLANT, MISSOURI.
    contract · Last action 2010-10-05
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 238210 - ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND OTHER WIRING INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS. Last action: 2026-03-04. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-05-21Complaint1$1,294
2023-12-07Referral22$6,347
2016-03-07Referral3$21,000
2008-10-23Complaint62$2,625

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. is one of 11 establishments rolled up under the parent organization POWELL INDUSTRIES INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of POWELL INDUSTRIES INC across all 11 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup POWELL INDUSTRIES INC, which operates 11 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $31,265.8 in total penalties.
How does POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. operates in the power, distribution, and specialty transformer manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3. POWELL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.23 compared to an industry average of 2.4.