SHELL CHEMICAL CO
ASHLAND RD & RIVER ROAD, Geismar, LA 70734
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Inspection records
Jul 21, 2003#305960296Jul 21, 2003Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#305960296$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #305960296
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 21, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 21, 2003
- Closed
- Jul 21, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 300
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7594 Hwy 75, Geismar, LA 70734
- Industry
- 325181
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Mar 31, 2003#305958076Mar 31, 2003Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#305958076$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #305958076
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 31, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 31, 2003
- Closed
- Mar 31, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7594 Hwy 75, Geismar, LA 70734
- Industry
- 325188
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Dec 18, 2002#305956674Dec 18, 2002Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#305956674$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #305956674
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 18, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 18, 2002
- Closed
- Dec 18, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 530
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7594 Hwy 75, Geismar, LA 70734
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Sep 12, 2002#304479009Sep 12, 2002Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#304479009$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #304479009
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 12, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 12, 2002
- Closed
- Sep 12, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 530
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7594 Hwy 75, Geismar, LA 70734
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Feb 12, 2002#304474992Feb 12, 2002FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#304474992$135,90016 viol.16 violations$135,900 in penalties
Inspection #304474992
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 12, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 5, 2002
- Closed
- May 5, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 530
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 16
- Violation Types
- 16 unclassified
- Initial Penalties
- $135,900
- Penalties on Record
- $135,900
- Site Address
- 7594 Hwy 75, Geismar, LA 70734
- 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 dies when reactor explodes
Violations
Violation list (8 of 16 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 K02 | Unclassified | 2 | 48 | $135,900 | $135,900 | Mar 10, 2003 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D01 | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | May 1, 2003 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D03 IB | Unclassified | 2 | 48 | $0 | $0 | May 15, 2003 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 E03 II | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Jun 15, 2003 | - | - |
| 01005A | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F01 | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Dec 13, 2003 | - | - |
| 01005B | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F03 | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Dec 31, 2002 | - | - |
| 01005C | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F04 | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Oct 17, 2002 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 J04 II | Unclassified | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Nov 8, 2002 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 16 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Feb 21, 1980#16163776Feb 21, 1980Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#16163776$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16163776
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 21, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 21, 1980
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Ashland Rd & River Road, Geismar, LA 70734
- 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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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, 1980 to 2003. 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.