STEPAN CHEMICAL CO
MILLSDALE ROAD, ELWOOD, IL 60421
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Inspection records
Aug 1, 1984#1340629Aug 1, 1984Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#1340629$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #1340629
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 1, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 1984
- Closed
- Aug 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Millsdale Road, Elwood, IL 60421
- 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 27, 1982#15798507Sep 27, 1982Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#15798507$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15798507
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 27, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 27, 1982
- Closed
- Oct 1, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 347
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Route 1, Elwood, IL 60421
- 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.
Apr 18, 1975#214726440Apr 18, 1975Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#214726440$37520 viol.20 violations$375 in penalties
Inspection #214726440
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 18, 1975
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 23, 1975
- Closed
- May 28, 1975
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 245
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 20
- Violation Types
- 20 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $375
- Penalties on Record
- $375
- Site Address
- Millsdale Plant, Elwood, 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 (12 of 20 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 011011 | Other | 3 | - | $75 | $75 | May 7, 1975 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 037007 | Other | 2 | - | $30 | $30 | May 7, 1975 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 025059 | Other | 2 | - | $30 | $30 | Apr 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 025051 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 13, 1975 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 037018 | Other | 1 | - | $30 | $30 | May 16, 1975 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Jun 10, 1975 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.23 OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.24 OSHA citation code: 19100024 B | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01009 | 1910.252 General requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C11 IV | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01010 | 1910.252 General requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C11 | Other | 1 | - | $30 | $30 | Apr 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01011 | 1910.252 General requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C11 III | Other | 1 | - | $30 | $30 | Apr 30, 1975 | - | - |
| 01012 | 1910.252 General requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C04 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 30, 1975 | - | - |
Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 20 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Oct 10, 1973#214725806Oct 10, 1973Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#214725806$6001 viol.1 violation$600 in penalties
Inspection #214725806
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 10, 1973
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 10, 1973
- Closed
- Jan 25, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Not displayed
- Number of Employees
- 236
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $600
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- No Street Address, Elwood, IL 60421
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02001 | 1904.5 OSHA citation code: 19040005 A01 | Serious | 1 | - | $600 | $600 | Nov 26, 1973 | - | - |
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.
4 inspections, 1973 to 1984. 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.