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GULF COPPER
$7,000
penalties
1
viol.
2
insp.

GULF COPPER

2020 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX 77640NAICS 336611 Ship Building and Repairing

Inspections
2
Mar 2015 to May 2015 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
1
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$7,000
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

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Inspection records

May 27, 2015Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#340733195$00 viol.

Inspection #340733195

Dates

Opened
May 27, 2015
Closing Conference Date
Jun 2, 2015
Closed
Aug 7, 2015

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
65
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
2020 S. Gulfway Dr., Port Arthur, TX 77640
Industry
336611 Ship Building and Repairing

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.

Mar 26, 2015FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Complete scope, Safety#340496405$7,0001 viol.

Inspection #340496405

Dates

Opened
Mar 26, 2015
Closing Conference Date
Mar 26, 2015
Final Order
Aug 11, 2015
Closed
Nov 19, 2015

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
120
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$7,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
5700 Proctor Street Extension, Port Arthur, TX 77642
Industry
336611 Ship Building and Repairing

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

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.

FatalityMar 20, 2015

Employee falls from a wall and sustains a concussion

Event: Fall (From Elevation)

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011915.159
Personal fall arrest systems (PFAS)
OSHA citation code: 19150159 D
Serious12$7,000$7,000Jul 31, 2015-Aug 11, 2015
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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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

1915.159Personal fall arrest systems (PFAS)1 citation · $7,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.5
Industry average2.9
Penalties per inspection
This employer$3,500
Industry average$2,680

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, 17,010 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: ship building and repairing reported 4.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 4.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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