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VALMONT INDUSTRIES

2551 VALMONT DRIVE, BRENHAM, TX, 77833
Operated by VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC · 1 of 49 establishments
335129Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
EIN 470351813

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OSHA inspections
5
over 27 years
Violations
18
$8,566 in penalties
Penalties
$8,566
$476 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

VALMONT INDUSTRIES has accumulated 18 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 27 years of recorded history, with $8,566 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 49 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 17 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

VALMONT INDUSTRIES appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.2 / yr · last 27 yrs
Violations
18
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$8,566
$476 avg / violation
89% serious11% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 5

80% 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 18 citations in this view · $8,566 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 III11$1,000Sep 2009Sep 2009
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$813May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0106 D06 IV11$780Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$650May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11$650May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$650May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0411$650May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$585Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 E02 I11$585Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$497Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0023 E0111$488May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 III11$487May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$487May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0253 B01 III11$244May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I11May 2002May 2002
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0311Apr 1999Apr 1999

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3351 within TX. Peer group: 49 employers. This establishment has 18 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $1,125
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
6.1
vs industry
+5.5
TRIR
12.1
vs industry
+10.6

Reported for 14 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
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
12.1
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
Accident
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) · Dec 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
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
Dec 3, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(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
Apr 22, 2009CARDIOVASC SYSTEM,HEART ATTACK,SPRAY PAINTING,CARDIOVASC DISEASEFatality11

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
17 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 17+ years. Most recent activity: 17 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for VALMONT INDUSTRIES. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for VALMONT INDUSTRIES. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for VALMONT INDUSTRIES. 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 VALMONT INDUSTRIES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for VALMONT INDUSTRIES. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for VALMONT INDUSTRIES. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC. (across 9 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$10K
Obligated (all-time)
$15.3M
Awards (all-time)
120

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2009-04-23Accident1$1,000
2004-09-22Accident0$0
2002-05-02Planned1010$5,119
2002-05-01Planned66$2,447
1999-04-13Complaint1$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

VALMONT INDUSTRIES is one of 49 establishments rolled up under the parent organization VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC across all 49 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in other lighting equipment manufacturing within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on VALMONT INDUSTRIES 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 VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC, which operates 49 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 VALMONT INDUSTRIES's OSHA violation history?
VALMONT INDUSTRIES has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 18 violations and $8,565.8 in total penalties.
How does VALMONT INDUSTRIES's safety record compare to its industry?
VALMONT INDUSTRIES operates in the other lighting equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. VALMONT INDUSTRIES's self-reported DART rate is 6.06 compared to an industry average of 0.6.
Has VALMONT INDUSTRIES had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving VALMONT INDUSTRIES.