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BORDER TRADING, INC
$9,852
penalties
6
viol.
3
insp.

BORDER TRADING, INC

1011 HAWKINS BLVD., EL PASO, TX 79915NAICS 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
3
Sep 2017 to Oct 2020 · 2 safety, 1 health
Violations
6
across 3 inspections
Penalties on record
$9,852
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 0Other 3

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Inspection records

Oct 23, 2020Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#344990882$7,0004 viol.

Inspection #344990882

Dates

Opened
Oct 23, 2020
Closing Conference Date
Oct 23, 2020
Final Order
Jan 27, 2021
Closed
Feb 3, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
50
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$17,555
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
1011 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

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.

HospitalizationOct 22, 2020

Employee burns face and neck while cutting refrigerator with

Event: Other

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A03 II
Serious12$9,753$6,000Feb 12, 2021-Jan 27, 2021
01001B1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 XIII C
Serious12$0$0Feb 12, 2021-Jan 27, 2021
020011910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 C07 I
Other11$7,802$1,000Feb 12, 2021-Jan 27, 2021
020021910.157
Portable Fire Extinguishers
OSHA citation code: 19100157 E02
Other12$0$0Feb 12, 2021-Jan 27, 2021
Mar 5, 2020Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#344714670$00 viol.

Inspection #344714670

Dates

Opened
Mar 5, 2020
Closing Conference Date
Mar 5, 2020
Closed
Apr 2, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
25
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1011 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

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.

HospitalizationMar 4, 2020

Employee sustains serious laceration and fractures to hand w

Event: Caught In or Between
Sep 20, 2017Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#342649134$2,8522 viol.

Inspection #342649134

Dates

Opened
Sep 20, 2017
Closing Conference Date
Sep 20, 2017
Final Order
Nov 2, 2017
Closed
Nov 6, 2017

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
15
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$4,752
Penalties on Record
$2,852
Site Address
1011 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79915
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

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 (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01
Serious210$4,346$2,608Oct 27, 2017-Nov 2, 2017
020011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 L01 II
Other215$406$244Oct 27, 2017-Nov 2, 2017
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About these records

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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.

Standards cited

1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks2 citations · $2,852
1910.252Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements2 citations · $6,000
1910.23Ladders1 citation · $1,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$3,284
Industry average$2,630

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 25,794 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: recyclable material merchant wholesalers reported 3.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.0%; NAICS 42393 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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