WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL
PELICAN ISLAND, Galveston, TX 77552
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Inspection records
Jul 17, 1979#16277097Jul 17, 1979Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#16277097$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #16277097
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 17, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 1979
- Closed
- Aug 24, 1979
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Pelican Island, Galveston, TX 77552
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A06 I | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 9, 1979 | - | - |
Jun 7, 1979#16282873Jun 7, 1979Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#16282873$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16282873
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 7, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 26, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 302
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Pellican Island, Galveston, TX 77550
- 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.
Apr 19, 1978#16820086Apr 19, 1978Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#16820086$1,02013 viol.13 violations$1,020 in penalties
Inspection #16820086
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 19, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 20, 1978
- Closed
- Nov 6, 1978
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 220
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 13
- Violation Types
- 7 serious, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,020
- Penalties on Record
- $1,020
- Site Address
- Pelican Island, Galveston, TX 77552
- 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 (13 of 13 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 4 | - | $240 | $240 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 I01 | Serious | 1 | - | $240 | $240 | May 18, 1978 | - | - |
| 01003A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I | Serious | 1 | - | $240 | $240 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 01003B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E02 I | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 01003C | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I | Serious | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 2 | - | $300 | $300 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 3 | - | $0 | $0 | May 16, 1978 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Other | 5 | - | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1978 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 B04 IXC | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | May 22, 1978 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 E02 IB | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 18, 1978 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 E02 III | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 18, 1978 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 040003 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 18, 1978 | - | - |
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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.
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.
3 inspections, 1978 to 1979. 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).
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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.