09/22/2025 | Press release | Archived content
On June 8, 2023, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection of a worksite in Port Arthur, Texas after receiving a report that a worker had sustained ahand injury. As a result of the inspection, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) to Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services, LLC dba Sunbelt Rentals (Respondent or Sunbelt) on November 1, 2023. (Tr. 11; J. Stips. 3, 4). The Citation alleged a single serious violation of the Act related to a June 6, 2023, accident where [redacted] was injured while using a circular saw at the worksite. (Tr. 12, J. Stip. 5; Citation 7). The proposed penalty was $10,436. (Citation 7). Respondent timely contested the Citation. (Tr. 12; J. Stip. 7).