BUILDERS FENCE CO INC
10010 PORTLAND AVE, TACOMA, WA 98445
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Feb 26, 2009#312941222Feb 26, 2009Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#312941222$1001 viol.1 violation$100 in penalties
Inspection #312941222
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 26, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 26, 2009
- Closed
- May 28, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $100
- Penalties on Record
- $100
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- Industry
- 444190 Other Building Material Dealers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 8632.10 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $100 | $100 | Feb 26, 2009 | - | - |
Jun 10, 2003#306355165Jun 10, 2003Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#306355165$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #306355165
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 10, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 10, 2003
- Closed
- Jun 10, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- Industry
- 444190 Other Building Material Dealers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Feb 8, 2001#304146962Feb 8, 2001FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#304146962$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #304146962
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 8, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 2001
- Closed
- Apr 19, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 14
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
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.
Employee died after having a heart attack
Nov 15, 2000#303979538Nov 15, 2000Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#303979538$1006 viol.6 violations$100 in penalties
Inspection #303979538
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 15, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 2001
- Closed
- Sep 6, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 14
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $100
- Penalties on Record
- $100
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 0620717903 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $100 | $100 | Apr 19, 2001 | - | - |
| 01001B | 0620718601 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 24, 2001 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0620750103 OSHA citation code: 0620750103 A | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2001 | - | - |
| 02002 | 0620710701 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2001 | - | - |
| 02003 | 620.7150 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2001 | - | - |
| 02004 | 0620711703 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2001 | - | - |
Oct 26, 2000#303980395Oct 26, 2000Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#303980395$2006 viol.6 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #303980395
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 26, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 26, 2000
- Closed
- Jan 13, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0249560901 OSHA citation code: 0249560901 B 03F | Serious | 1 | 1 | $200 | $200 | Dec 5, 2000 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0240002001 OSHA citation code: 0240002001 B | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jan 3, 2001 | - | - |
| 02002 | 0245920902 | Other | 6 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Dec 5, 2000 | - | - |
| 02003 | 0242303506 | Other | 3 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Dec 9, 2000 | - | - |
| 02004 | 0242302715 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Dec 5, 2000 | - | - |
| 02005 | 0620541107 | Other | 3 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Dec 9, 2000 | - | - |
Jul 9, 1993#111392551Jul 9, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#111392551$1006 viol.6 violations$100 in penalties
Inspection #111392551
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 9, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 27, 1993
- Contested
- Oct 19, 1993
- Final Order
- Nov 30, 1993
- Closed
- Jan 18, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $100
- Penalties on Record
- $100
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- 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 (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0242302713 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $100 | $100 | Aug 27, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| 02001 | 0243700902 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Sep 28, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| 02002 | 0245920501 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Oct 2, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| 02003 | 0245920902 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Oct 27, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| 02004 | 0247000303 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Oct 2, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| 02005 | 0247500901 | Other | 2 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Aug 27, 1993 | Oct 19, 1993 | Nov 30, 1993 |
Jan 7, 1993#111244208Jan 7, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#111244208$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111244208
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 7, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 10, 1993
- Closed
- Sep 6, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 10010 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0240004002 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | May 3, 1993 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0240004501 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | May 3, 1993 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0620540901 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 3, 1993 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01003 | #303979538 | May 14, 2001 | - | - | - |
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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.
7 inspections, 1993 to 2009. 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.