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VELA BROTHERS PAINTING
$4,308
penalties
3
viol.
2
insp.

VELA BROTHERS PAINTING

2875 W. WHEATLAND ROAD, DALLAS, TX 75237NAICS 238320 Painting and Wall Covering Contractors

Inspections
2
Nov 2010 to Dec 2017 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
3
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$4,308
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

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Inspection records

Dec 8, 2017Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#342823754$2,3281 viol.

Inspection #342823754

Dates

Opened
Dec 8, 2017
Closing Conference Date
Dec 11, 2017
Final Order
Feb 27, 2018
Closed
Mar 1, 2018

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
8
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$3,880
Penalties on Record
$2,328
Site Address
7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230
Industry
238320 Painting and Wall Covering Contractors

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.

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.

HospitalizationDec 1, 2017

Employee in scissor lift incurs multiple head injuries

Event: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious14$3,880$2,328Feb 26, 2018-Feb 27, 2018
Nov 16, 2010Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#314179771$1,9802 viol.

Inspection #314179771

Dates

Opened
Nov 16, 2010
Closing Conference Date
Nov 16, 2010
Closed
Oct 1, 2013

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
6

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$6,600
Penalties on Record
$1,980
Site Address
2875 W. Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX 75237
Industry
238320 Painting and Wall Covering Contractors

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 (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B01
Serious12$4,200$1,260Nov 23, 2010--
010021926.1053
Ladders (Construction)
OSHA citation code: 19261053 B01
Serious12$2,400$720Nov 23, 2010--
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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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.

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

1926.501Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection1 citation · $1,260
1926.1053Ladders (Construction)1 citation · $720
5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)1 citation · $2,328

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.5
Industry average2.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$2,154
Industry average$2,540

Specialty Trade Contractors, 559,279 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: painting and wall covering contractors reported 1.6 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 16.5%; NAICS 23832 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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