ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC
1645 RAILROAD AVE, ST HELENS, OR 97051
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Inspection records
Jun 22, 2005#308744861Jun 22, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#308744861$1,6255 viol.5 violations$1,625 in penalties
Inspection #308744861
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 22, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 22, 2005
- Closed
- Nov 10, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 55
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,625
- Penalties on Record
- $1,625
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- Industry
- 327993 Mineral Wool Manufacturing
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 (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C04 I | Serious | 7 | 15 | $325 | $325 | Jul 28, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F01 | Serious | 1 | 15 | $325 | $325 | Jul 28, 2005 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 6 | 15 | $325 | $325 | Jul 28, 2005 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 2 | 9 | $325 | $325 | Jul 28, 2005 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I | Serious | 2 | 15 | $325 | $325 | Jul 28, 2005 | - | - |
Oct 20, 1999#303128615Oct 20, 1999Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#303128615$1053 viol.3 violations$105 in penalties
Inspection #303128615
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 20, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 20, 1999
- Closed
- Feb 3, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 184
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $105
- Penalties on Record
- $105
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 1 | 25 | $105 | $105 | Oct 20, 1999 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.242 Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General OSHA citation code: 19100242 B | Other | 1 | 25 | $0 | $0 | Oct 20, 1999 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.22 OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 1 | 25 | $0 | $0 | Nov 15, 1999 | - | - |
May 23, 1991#115723371May 23, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#115723371$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115723371
Dates
- Opened
- May 23, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- May 23, 1991
- Closed
- May 23, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 155
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- 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.
Apr 1, 1991#115771214Apr 1, 1991Complaint (B) · No Inspection scope, Safety#115771214$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115771214
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 1, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 1, 1991
- Closed
- Apr 1, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- 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.
Apr 1, 1991#108289539Apr 1, 1991Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#108289539$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #108289539
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 1, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- May 22, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 14, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 155
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 7155003002 OSHA citation code: 7155003002 C | Other | 1 | 155 | $0 | $0 | Sep 27, 1991 | - | - |
Oct 13, 1990#108223736Oct 13, 1990FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#108223736$1,0003 viol.3 violations$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #108223736
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 13, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 13, 1990
- Contested
- Dec 19, 1990
- Final Order
- Mar 12, 1993
- Closed
- Apr 23, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 158
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,100
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- 1645 Railroad Ave, St Helens, OR 97051
- 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.
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 smothered to death by collected dust
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 740003001 | Other | 1 | 4 | $700 | $0 | Dec 6, 1990 | Dec 19, 1990 | Mar 12, 1993 |
| 01002 | 7113001001 | Serious | 1 | 120 | $700 | $500 | Dec 6, 1990 | Dec 19, 1990 | Mar 12, 1993 |
| 01003A | 702005002 | Serious | 3 | 3 | $700 | $500 | Dec 6, 1990 | Dec 19, 1990 | Mar 12, 1993 |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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.
6 inspections, 1990 to 2005. 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.
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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: mineral wool manufacturing reported 1.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 14.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source