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COOPER/PORTS AMERICA, LLC
$17,010
penalties
2
viol.
2
insp.

COOPER/PORTS AMERICA, LLC

2315 MCCARTY STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77029NAICS 488320 Marine Cargo Handling

Inspections
2
Aug 2017 to Oct 2018 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
2
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$17,010
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 2Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

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Inspection records

Oct 18, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#343540340$7,9561 viol.

Inspection #343540340

Dates

Opened
Oct 18, 2018
Closing Conference Date
Oct 18, 2018
Final Order
Apr 5, 2019
Closed
Apr 25, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
20
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$13,260
Penalties on Record
$7,956
Site Address
111 East Loop N. Warehouse 18, Houston, TX 77029
Industry
488320 Marine Cargo Handling

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 (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.176
Handling Materials - General
OSHA citation code: 19100176 B
Serious13$13,260$7,956-Apr 5, 2019
Aug 24, 2017FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Safety#342578978$9,0541 viol.

Inspection #342578978

Dates

Opened
Aug 24, 2017
Closing Conference Date
Jan 12, 2018
Final Order
Feb 12, 2018
Closed
Feb 22, 2018

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
350
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$12,934
Penalties on Record
$9,054
Site Address
2315 Mccarty Street, Houston, TX 77029
Industry
488320 Marine Cargo Handling

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.

FatalityAug 23, 2017

Employee is run over by forklift and is killed

Event: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011917.43
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19170043 C05
Serious15$12,934$9,054Feb 7, 2018-Feb 12, 2018
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About these records

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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

1910.176Handling Materials - General1 citation · $7,956
1917.43Powered Industrial Trucks1 citation · $9,054

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.0
Industry average2.0
Penalties per inspection
This employer$8,505
Industry average$2,103

Support Activities for Transportation, 10,065 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: marine cargo handling reported 2.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 11.0%; NAICS 48832 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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