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TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.

3101 HOLMES RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77051
Operated by Texas Steel Conversion, Inc · 1 of 5 establishments
332811Metal Heat Treating
EIN 751494270

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OSHA inspections
8
over 41 years
Violations
22
$90,265 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 · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $90,265 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 216 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), 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
8
0.2 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
22
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$90,265
$4,103 avg / violation
64% serious36% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 8

63% 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 · 21 citations in this view · $90,265 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I22$3,269Aug 2013Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0611$13,260Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 III11$10,608Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$10,608Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 IV11$8,335Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$7,760Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0028 B06 I11$6,696Feb 2023Feb 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0111$6,668Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11$5,001Jan 2019Jan 2019
5A000111$2,940Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0179 J0211$2,940Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.1200 F0611$2,520Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$2,100Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$2,100Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$1,680Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0511$1,260Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 I11$1,260Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$1,260Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II D11Jan 2019Jan 2019
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11Sep 2017Sep 2017

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

84th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3328 within TX. Peer group: 216 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $3,938
Inspection frequency
94th
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
3.6
vs industry
+1.0
TRIR
6.7
vs industry
+3.4

Reported for 122 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
6.7
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
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) · Jun 2018 – Oct 2022 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
5
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
4
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Oct 29, 2022Struck by object or equipment rolling freelyFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jun 8, 2022Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Oct 17, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.Hand(s), n.e.c.Hospitalized
Sep 19, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jun 4, 2018Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation

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
Oct 17, 2018Caught Between,Caught In,Crushed,Fracture,Glove,Guard,Hand,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Roller--Mach/Part11
Sep 19, 2018Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Fingertip,Lathe,Nip Point,Point Of Operation11

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
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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 · 4 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Mar 201214

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 · 4 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2011 – Mar 2012Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased SteelFMLA41

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 TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, 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 TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, 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 TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
3101 HOLMES ROAD · HOUSTON, TX, 77051
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-10-26Complaint11$6,696
2018-10-22Referral31$22,763
2018-10-02Referral61$40,646
2017-05-18Complaint1$0
2013-04-12Planned1111$20,160
1997-03-31Planned0$0
1990-04-02Planned0$0
1984-12-05Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC. is one of 5 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Texas Steel Conversion, Inc across all 5 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, 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 Texas Steel Conversion, Inc, which operates 5 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 TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $90,265.2 in total penalties.
How does TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC. operates in the metal heat treating industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.3. TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.61 compared to an industry average of 2.6.