OLIN CHEMICAL CO
PATTERSON AND LARAWAY ROADS, Joliet, IL 60434
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Inspection records
Aug 2, 1988#101353159Aug 2, 1988Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#101353159$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101353159
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 2, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 2, 1988
- Closed
- Aug 5, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 326
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2219 Patterson Road, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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.
Sep 23, 1982#15760184Sep 23, 1982Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#15760184$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15760184
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 23, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 23, 1982
- Closed
- Oct 1, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 530
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Patterson Rd, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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.
Feb 19, 1981#14442545Feb 19, 1981Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#14442545$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14442545
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 19, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- May 5, 1981
- Closed
- May 26, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Patterson And Laraway Road, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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.
Jul 22, 1980#14453344Jul 22, 1980Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#14453344$80011 viol.11 violations$800 in penalties
Inspection #14453344
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 22, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 1980
- Contested
- Feb 15, 1981
- Closed
- Jan 18, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 600
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 11
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 repeat, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,200
- Penalties on Record
- $800
- Site Address
- Patterson And Laraway Roads, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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 (7 of 11 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 6 | - | $1,200 | $400 | Feb 20, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 A01 | Other | 8 | - | $1,800 | $0 | Feb 20, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A05 | Other | 4 | - | $1,000 | $0 | Jan 23, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.244 Other Portable Tools and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100244 B | Repeat | 2 | - | $1,200 | $400 | Feb 20, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 I | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 23, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 02002A | 1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D02 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Jan 23, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
| 02002B | 1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D04 I | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 20, 1981 | Feb 15, 1981 | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 11 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Apr 8, 1980#14442131Apr 8, 1980Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#14442131$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #14442131
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 8, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 8, 1980
- Closed
- Aug 21, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 590
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Patterson Rd, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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.
Aug 3, 1978#14474993Aug 3, 1978Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#14474993$2,79027 viol.27 violations$2,790 in penalties
Inspection #14474993
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 3, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 21, 1978
- Contested
- Jan 15, 1979
- Closed
- Jan 18, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 550
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 27
- Violation Types
- 22 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,210
- Penalties on Record
- $2,790
- Site Address
- Patterson And Laraway Rds, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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 (7 of 27 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $540 | $270 | Feb 13, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01002 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $540 | $270 | Dec 16, 1978 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01003 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 12 | - | $630 | $0 | Dec 16, 1978 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 A01 | Serious | 8 | - | $720 | $360 | Jan 2, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 12 | - | $720 | $360 | Jan 2, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01006A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02 | Serious | 18 | - | $630 | $315 | Feb 13, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
| 01006B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 27 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Oct 28, 1977#14409791Oct 28, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#14409791$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #14409791
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 28, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 1977
- Contested
- Feb 15, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 12, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 550
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 willful
- Initial Penalties
- $10,000
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Patterson Road, Joliet, IL 60434
- 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 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Willful | 2 | - | $10,000 | $0 | Jan 26, 1978 | Feb 15, 1978 | - |
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.
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, 1977 to 1988. 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.