BOOTS & COOTS SPECIAL SERVICES, INC.
1400 JEFFERSON ST., PASADENA, TX 77501
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Mar 27, 2000#301407409Mar 27, 2000FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#301407409$2,6251 viol.1 violation$2,625 in penalties
Inspection #301407409
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 27, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 22, 2000
- Closed
- Jan 17, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,625
- Penalties on Record
- $2,625
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
One employee killed 145 injured in fire and explosion
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response OSHA citation code: 19100120 Q11 I | Serious | 5 | 8 | $2,625 | $2,625 | Sep 26, 2000 | - | - |
Jan 28, 1999#116265273Jan 28, 1999Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#116265273$1,0631 viol.1 violation$1,063 in penalties
Inspection #116265273
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 28, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 26, 1999
- Closed
- Mar 1, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 850
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,125
- Penalties on Record
- $1,063
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01005 | 1910.307 Electrical - Hazardous (Classified) Locations OSHA citation code: 19100307 B | Serious | 1 | 5 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Jun 29, 1999 | - | - |
May 22, 1997#301400958May 22, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#301400958$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301400958
Dates
- Opened
- May 22, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 16, 1997
- Closed
- Jul 17, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 865
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Apr 10, 1997#123649931Apr 10, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#123649931$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #123649931
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 10, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 1997
- Contested
- Aug 11, 1997
- Final Order
- Apr 22, 1998
- Closed
- Jun 11, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 850
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02001 | 1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A02 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Sep 4, 1997 | Aug 11, 1997 | Apr 22, 1998 |
Apr 10, 1997#123649923Apr 10, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#123649923$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #123649923
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 10, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 1997
- Closed
- Jun 11, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 850
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Feb 4, 1997#107489171Feb 4, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#107489171$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107489171
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 4, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 1997
- Closed
- Sep 2, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 860
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Nov 29, 1995#123573412Nov 29, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#123573412$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #123573412
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 29, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 1995
- Closed
- May 6, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 860
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Sep 29, 1994#123650806Sep 29, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#123650806$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #123650806
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 29, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 29, 1994
- Closed
- Nov 2, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,900
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1400 Jefferson St., Pasadena, TX 77501
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
8 inspections, 1994 to 2000. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.