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TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD

1003 STATE HWY 79 SOUTH, OLNEY, TX, 76374
Operated by Tower Extrusions · 1 of 2 establishments

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OSHA inspections
9
over 47 years
Violations
48
$11,843 in penalties
Penalties
$11,843
$247 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD has accumulated 48 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 47 years of recorded history, with $11,843 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 45 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

TOWER EXTRUSIONS 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
9
0.2 / yr · last 47 yrs
Violations
48
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$11,843
$247 avg / violation
27% serious73% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 9
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 9

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · $11,843 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$1,775Feb 1979Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0422Feb 1979Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0122Feb 1979Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922Feb 1979Mar 1988
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$2,494Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$2,494Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.1200 F0511$2,494Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11$810Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$525Aug 1998Aug 1998
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$455Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511$420Aug 1998Aug 1998
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$375Jun 1992Jun 1992
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111Jun 2018Jun 2018
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 IIC211Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0305 J01 II11Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V11Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11Jun 1992Jun 1992

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

93rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3313 within TX. Peer group: 45 employers. This establishment has 48 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
70th
peer median: $6,650
Inspection frequency
93rd
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
4.9
vs industry
+3.2
TRIR
6.7
vs industry
+4.1

Reported for 143 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
2.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.7
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
3
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 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slipping

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 12, 2019Fall on same level due to slippingLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$54,490
Employees affected
180

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 · 181 violations · $54,490 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMar 20161181179$54,490

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 · $54,490 in backwages · 180 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2014 – Mar 2016Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing180$54,490

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 TOWER EXTRUSIONS 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 TOWER EXTRUSIONS 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 TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD. 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
TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD
1003 TX-79 · OLNEY, TX, 76374
WaterRCRATRINo 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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
156640
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 TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$7K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Defense
$7K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    STRUT EXTRUSION
    contract · Last action 2010-06-07
    $6,957

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 331316 - ALUMINUM EXTRUDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2010-06-07. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-03-02Complaint43$7,483
2000-11-29Unprogrammed Related0$0
1998-08-25Complaint22$945
1992-06-25Planned115$2,890
1992-04-22Planned32$375
1988-01-25Planned14$0
1987-12-04Planned0$0
1979-04-20Follow-up0$0
1979-02-08Complaint141$150

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Tower Extrusions.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Tower Extrusions across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TOWER EXTRUSIONS 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Tower Extrusions, which operates 2 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 TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD's OSHA violation history?
TOWER EXTRUSIONS LTD has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 48 violations and $11,842.6 in total penalties.