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BOWATER INCORPORATED
$81,525
penalties
63
viol.
17
insp.

BOWATER INCORPORATED

U.S. HIGHWAY 11, CALHOUN, TN 37309

Inspections
17
Apr 1985 to Mar 2011 · 7 safety, 10 health
Violations
63
across 17 inspections
Penalties on record
$81,525
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 48Willful 0Repeat 0Other 15

Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology

Inspection records

Oct 12, 1993Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#120572052$00 viol.

Inspection #120572052

Dates

Opened
Oct 12, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Jan 21, 1994
Closed
Jan 21, 1994

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,200

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Mar 4, 1991Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#111087920$3002 viol.

Inspection #111087920

Dates

Opened
Mar 4, 1991
Closing Conference Date
Mar 7, 1991
Closed
Sep 27, 1991

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,476
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$300
Penalties on Record
$300
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.95
Occupational Noise Exposure
OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01
Serious250$300$300Oct 18, 1991--
01001B1910.95
Occupational Noise Exposure
OSHA citation code: 19100095 I02 I
Serious150$0$0Apr 20, 1991--
Mar 4, 1991Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#111087391$00 viol.

Inspection #111087391

Dates

Opened
Mar 4, 1991
Closing Conference Date
Mar 7, 1991
Closed
May 8, 1991

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,476
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

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.

Nov 16, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111058152$02 viol.

Inspection #111058152

Dates

Opened
Nov 16, 1990
Closing Conference Date
Nov 16, 1990
Closed
Apr 8, 1991

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,567
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
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 (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.141
Sanitation
OSHA citation code: 19100141 D02 I
Other11$0$0Jan 11, 1991--
010021910.303
Electrical - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100303 B01 IV
Other11$0$0Apr 1, 1991--
Nov 7, 1989Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#105566673$00 viol.

Inspection #105566673

Dates

Opened
Nov 7, 1989
Closing Conference Date
Nov 7, 1989
Closed
Dec 21, 1989

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,585
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Oct 25, 1988Accident (A) · Partial scope, Health#105566756$00 viol.

Inspection #105566756

Dates

Opened
Oct 25, 1988
Closing Conference Date
Oct 25, 1988
Closed
Nov 2, 1988

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,476
Related Activity
1 referral, 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
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 29, 1985FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#3256336$00 viol.

Inspection #3256336

Dates

Opened
Apr 29, 1985
Closing Conference Date
Apr 30, 1985
Closed
Apr 30, 1985

Inspection

Advance Notice
Yes
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
1,476
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
5020 Highway 11 South, Calhoun, TN 37309
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.

FatalityApr 27, 1985

Employee struck and killed by a bar caught in a press

Injury: FractureBody part: HeadSource: Hand Tool (Manual)Event: Struck By
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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

1910.119Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals12 citations · $17,250
1910.120Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response8 citations · $9,000
1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)7 citations · $22,500

Chemical exposure sampling

Samples
12
Substances
3
Inspections
1

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