WM. C. ELLIS & SONS IRON WORKS,
1029 CHANNEL AVE., MEMPHIS, TN 38113
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Inspection records
Feb 19, 1997#301504536Feb 19, 1997Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#301504536$2003 viol.3 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #301504536
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 19, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 19, 1997
- Closed
- Aug 22, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,600
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 1029 Channel Ave., Memphis, TN 38113
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1915.7 Competent Person OSHA citation code: 19150007 B02 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $100 | Mar 31, 1997 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1915.7 Competent Person OSHA citation code: 19150007 C | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1997 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1915.72 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19150072 A01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $600 | $100 | Mar 26, 1997 | - | - |
May 16, 1996#106964844May 16, 1996FatalityUnprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#106964844$4,20010 viol.10 violations$4,200 in penalties
Inspection #106964844
Dates
- Opened
- May 16, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 31, 1996
- Closed
- May 19, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,400
- Penalties on Record
- $4,200
- Site Address
- 1029 Channel Ave., Memphis, TN 38113
- 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.
Employee overcome by carbon monoxide and drowns
Violations
Violation list (10 of 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1915.7 Competent Person OSHA citation code: 19150007 B01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,400 | $500 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1915.12 Precautions and the Order of Testing Before Entering Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19150012 A01 | Other | 2 | 2 | $600 | $0 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1915.12 Precautions and the Order of Testing Before Entering Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19150012 D01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $2,000 | $1,600 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1915.12 Precautions and the Order of Testing Before Entering Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19150012 E02 | Other | 1 | 3 | $1,000 | $0 | Nov 25, 1996 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1915.74 Access to Vessels OSHA citation code: 19150074 C02 | Serious | 12 | 14 | $1,400 | $900 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1915.136 Internal combustion engines, other than ship's equipment OSHA citation code: 19150136 C | Serious | 1 | 2 | $2,000 | $1,200 | Nov 11, 1996 | - | - |
| 02001A | 1915.98 OSHA citation code: 19150098 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 15, 1996 | - | - |
| 02001B | 1915.98 OSHA citation code: 19150098 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1915.1200 Hazard communication OSHA citation code: 19151200 E01 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1915.1200 Hazard communication OSHA citation code: 19151200 H01 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 10, 1996 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties7 citations, $800 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 7 citations 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 | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $300 | - | - |
| 01004 | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $100 | - | - |
| 01005 | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $100 | - | - |
| 02001A | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | - | - | - |
| 02001B | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $100 | - | - |
| 02002 | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $100 | - | - |
| 02003 | #301504536 | Mar 12, 1997 | $100 | - | - |
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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.
2 inspections, 1996 to 1997. 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.