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TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.

8222 NORTH FREEWAY, HOUSTON, TX, 77037
336212Truck Trailer Manufacturing
EIN 741741090

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OSHA inspections
8
over 44 years
Violations
25
$42,171 in penalties
Penalties
$42,171
$1,687 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO. has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $42,171 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 115 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th 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

TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO. 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 44 yrs
Violations
25
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$42,171
$1,687 avg / violation
48% serious52% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 8
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 8

50% 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 · 20 citations in this view · $42,171 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0244 A02 III11$11,179Aug 2024Aug 2024
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$7,986Aug 2024Aug 2024
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$6,511Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111$6,511Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0213 C0111$6,511Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$1,750Aug 2003Aug 2003
29 CFR 1904.0041 A0211$1,563Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$80May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1903.0002 A0111$40May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11$40May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0211Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.0213 C0311Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0111Aug 2023Aug 2023
29 CFR 1904.0001 A0211Aug 2003Aug 2003
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0711May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 II11May 1987May 1987

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 3362 within TX. Peer group: 115 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
94th
peer median: $4,200
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
2.0
vs industry
−0.8
TRIR
2.0
vs industry
−2.9

Reported for 55 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
4.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.0
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
4
Complaint
2
Follow-up
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) · Apr 2024

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.

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
Apr 23, 2024Struck by other falling object n.e.c.Foot (feet), toe(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
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
2
Back wages owed
$82,863
Employees affected
63

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 · 63 violations · $82,863 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeOct 200926361$82,863

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. 2 cases · 63 violations · $82,863 in backwages · 63 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2007 – Oct 2009Truck Trailer ManufacturingFLSA2121$19,025
Oct 2007 – Oct 2009Truck Trailer ManufacturingFLSA4242$63,839

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 TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.. 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 TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$13K
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Homeland Security
$7K
Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Homeland Security$7K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$6K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 336212 - TRUCK TRAILER MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2017-05-31. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-05-06Planned21$19,165
2023-07-26Planned98$21,096
2003-11-18Follow-up0$0
2003-07-01Complaint21$1,750
1987-07-23Follow-up0$0
1987-03-24Complaint122$160
1985-11-01Planned0$0
1982-06-08Planned0$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 TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO. 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 TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.'s OSHA violation history?
TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $42,171.3 in total penalties.
How does TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO. operates in the truck trailer manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.9. TRAILER WHEEL & FRAME CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 2 compared to an industry average of 2.8.