OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RIVER ROAD, BURLINGTON, NJ 08016
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Inspection records
Dec 7, 1990#17786245Dec 7, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#17786245$2401 viol.1 violation$240 in penalties
Inspection #17786245
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 7, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- May 16, 1991
- Closed
- Jul 22, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 380
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $240
- Penalties on Record
- $240
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08061
- 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 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H | Other | 1 | 4 | $240 | $240 | Jun 28, 1991 | - | - |
Jun 25, 1990#17782236Jun 25, 1990Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#17782236$1,0001 viol.1 violation$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #17782236
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 25, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 29, 1990
- Closed
- Jan 7, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 430
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Dec 10, 1990 | - | - |
May 7, 1987#100839026May 7, 1987Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#100839026$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #100839026
Dates
- Opened
- May 7, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 31, 1987
- Closed
- Sep 25, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 450
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Mar 9, 1987#100170737Mar 9, 1987Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#100170737$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #100170737
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 9, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 9, 1987
- Closed
- Sep 9, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 450
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G01 II | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1987 | - | - |
Mar 3, 1987#100170208Mar 3, 1987Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#100170208$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #100170208
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 3, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 31, 1987
- Closed
- Oct 24, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 450
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint, 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- 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.
Chemical Exposure Sampling16 substances sampled
Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.
| Substance | Samples | Result Range | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony and Compounds (as Sb) | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.1955 | mg/m³ |
| Arsenic, Inorganic | 1 | 0.0004 | mg/m³ |
| Arsine | 129P / 3A | 0 - 0.0002 | ppm |
| Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be) | 2014P / 6A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Cadmium Fume (as Cd) | 2516P / 9A | 0 - 0.0023 | mg/m³ |
| Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.0137 | mg/m³ |
| Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co) | 2314P / 9A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Copper Fume (as Cu) | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.0271 | mg/m³ |
| Iron Oxide Fume | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.0416 | mg/m³ |
| Lead, Inorganic (as Pb) | 2516P / 9A | 0 - 0.0746 | mg/m³ |
| Manganese Fume (as Mn) | 2314P / 9A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust) | 2314P / 9A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni) | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.0294 | mg/m³ |
| Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction) | 3827P / 11A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Vanadium fume (as V2O5) | 2314P / 9A | 0 | mg/m³ |
| Zinc Oxide Fume | 2314P / 9A | 0 - 0.0435 | mg/m³ |
Aug 26, 1986#100730886Aug 26, 1986FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#100730886$81,87536 viol.36 violations$81,875 in penalties
Inspection #100730886
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 26, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 1987
- Contested
- Mar 17, 1987
- Closed
- Aug 11, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 450
- Related Activity
- 2 accidents
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 36
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 10 willful, 20 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $214,800
- Penalties on Record
- $81,875
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- 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 fell through loading platform walkway
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Mar 17, 1987. Final orders are recorded through May 20, 1989. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 36 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A07 | Serious | 1 | 13 | $1,000 | $750 | Feb 7, 1987 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 2 | 8 | $700 | $700 | May 1, 1987 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 3 | 16 | $700 | $525 | Sep 1, 1987 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 3 | 16 | $500 | $250 | Feb 7, 1987 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 13 | 18 | $600 | $600 | Mar 4, 1987 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 8 | $600 | $600 | Feb 7, 1987 | - | May 20, 1989 |
| 02001A | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 2 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Mar 4, 1987 | - | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 36 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $480 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01004 | #100170737 | Mar 27, 1987 | $480 | - | - |
Apr 2, 1984#1728831Apr 2, 1984Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#1728831$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #1728831
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 2, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 2, 1984
- Closed
- Apr 2, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 450
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Burlington, NJ 08016
- 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.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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.
Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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.
7 inspections, 1984 to 1990. 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.