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STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.

300 W. ELDORA, PHARR, TX, 78577
331110Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
6
over 15 years
Violations
30
$65,743 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD. has accumulated 30 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 15 years of recorded history, with $65,743 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 61 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
6
0.4 / yr · last 15 yrs
Violations
30
2.0 / yr
Penalties
$65,743
$2,191 avg / violation
70% serious30% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 6
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 6

83% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 24 citations in this view · $65,743 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0122$2,980Jan 2014Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0254 D09 III22$2,560Jan 2014Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$1,680Jan 2014Jan 2019
29 CFR 1904.0040 A22$1,420Jan 2014Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0179 N03 I11$11,641Oct 2018Oct 2018
29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 IV11$11,641Oct 2018Oct 2018
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$6,652Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1926.0760 A0111$6,385Feb 2026Feb 2026
29 CFR 1926.0453 B02 V11$6,385Feb 2026Feb 2026
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,680Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0243 C0311$1,680Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$1,680Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III11$1,300Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$1,300Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$1,300Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 II G11$1,260Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0178 L11$1,260Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0304 G0511$1,260Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0134 A0211$1,260Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$420Jan 2014Jan 2014

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3311 within TX. Peer group: 61 employers. This establishment has 30 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $5,000
Inspection frequency
90th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.3
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.9

Reported for 137 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
2
Complaint
1
Referral
2
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) · Jul 2018 – Jan 2020

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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
Jan 17, 2020Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Jul 3, 2018Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedThigh(s)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
Jan 17, 2020Amputated,Amputation,Caught Between,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Hand,Partial Amputation11
Jul 3, 2018Caught By,Chain,Fracture,Struck By11

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
7 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 7 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$43,750
Employees affected
13

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 · 13 violations · $43,750 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Davis-Bacon (federal construction)Jun 201111313$43,750

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 · 13 violations · $43,750 in backwages · 13 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2010 – Jun 2011Commercial and Institutional Building ConstructionDavis-Bacon1313$43,750

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 STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.. 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 STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
2134112
Operation
C

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 STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-11-03Complaint2$12,769
2020-01-22Referral0$0
2018-08-22Planned84$7,652
2018-07-09Referral33$23,282
2015-07-23Follow-up54$6,500
2013-08-29Planned1210$15,540

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 STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD. 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 STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.'s OSHA violation history?
STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD. has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 30 violations and $65,743.2 in total penalties.
How does STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.'s safety record compare to its industry?
STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD. operates in the iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. STRONG STRUCTURAL STEEL LTD.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.3.