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EARL M JORGENSEN COMPANY
$7,550
penalties
6
viol.
3
insp.

EARL M JORGENSEN COMPANY

5311 CLINTON DR, HOUSTON, TX 77020NAICS 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
3
Apr 2003 to Dec 2004 · 0 safety, 3 health
Violations
6
across 3 inspections
Penalties on record
$7,550
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 4Willful 0Repeat 1Other 1

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Inspection records

Dec 7, 2004Other (L) · Records Only scope, Health#306571811$1,0001 viol.

Inspection #306571811

Dates

Opened
Dec 7, 2004
Closing Conference Date
Dec 7, 2004
Closed
Apr 29, 2005

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
95

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$1,000
Penalties on Record
$1,000
Site Address
5311 Clinton Dr, Houston, TX 77020
Industry
423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Other Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as Other-L in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011904.41
OSHA citation code: 19040041 B02
Other195$1,000$1,000Dec 27, 2004--
Nov 19, 2003Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#306566100$2,5001 viol.

Inspection #306566100

Dates

Opened
Nov 19, 2003
Closing Conference Date
Dec 8, 2003
Closed
Feb 10, 2004

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
70

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 repeat
Initial Penalties
$7,500
Penalties on Record
$2,500
Site Address
5311 Clinton Dr, Houston, TX 77020
Industry
423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.37
OSHA citation code: 19100037 K02
Repeat23$7,500$2,500Jan 13, 2004--
Apr 17, 2003Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#304513187$4,0504 viol.

Inspection #304513187

Dates

Opened
Apr 17, 2003
Closing Conference Date
Apr 22, 2003
Closed
Feb 10, 2004

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
70

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
4 serious
Initial Penalties
$4,050
Penalties on Record
$4,050
Site Address
5311 Clinton Dr, Houston, TX 77020
Industry
423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

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 (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.37
OSHA citation code: 19100037 K02
Serious137$1,350$1,350Aug 26, 2003--
010021910.147
The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01
Serious11$1,350$1,350Aug 26, 2003--
01003A1910.1200
Hazard Communication
OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01
Serious12$1,350$1,350Sep 10, 2003--
01003B1910.1200
Hazard Communication
OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01
Serious12$0$0Sep 10, 2003--

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.

CitationFTA InspectionFTA IssuanceFTA PenaltyFTA ContestFTA Final Order
01002#306566100Dec 31, 2003---
Inspections 1 to 3 of 3, newest first

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 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.

Standards cited

1910.372 citations · $3,850
1910.1200Hazard Communication2 citations · $1,350
1904.411 citation · $1,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$2,517
Industry average$2,643

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 24,712 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers reported 3.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.5%; NAICS 4235 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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