WESTVACO
104 EAST RIVERSIDE STREET, COVINGTON, VA 24426
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Inspection records
Jan 21, 2000#303247183Jan 21, 2000Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#303247183$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #303247183
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 21, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 7, 2000
- Closed
- Feb 7, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 900
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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.
Jul 30, 1998#301803789Jul 30, 1998Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#301803789$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301803789
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 30, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 15, 1998
- Closed
- Jan 22, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,700
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside St., Covington, VA 24426
- 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 24, 1997#126645092Nov 24, 1997Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#126645092$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #126645092
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 24, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- May 15, 1998
- Closed
- Feb 3, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,800
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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 21, 1993#123691297Oct 21, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#123691297$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #123691297
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 21, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 4, 1994
- Closed
- Mar 29, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,700
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lowmoor Converting Plant, Covington, VA 24457
- 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 4, 1993#112365937Aug 4, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#112365937$1,0632 viol.2 violations$1,063 in penalties
Inspection #112365937
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 4, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 11, 1993
- Contested
- Sep 24, 1993
- Final Order
- Sep 15, 1994
- Closed
- Nov 16, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,600
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,825
- Penalties on Record
- $1,063
- Site Address
- Rfd, Covington, VA 24426
- 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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 3 | 3 | $1,700 | $0 | Oct 11, 1993 | Sep 24, 1993 | Sep 15, 1994 |
| 01002 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 B | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Oct 11, 1993 | Sep 24, 1993 | Sep 15, 1994 |
Jul 23, 1992#112365283Jul 23, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#112365283$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112365283
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 23, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 28, 1992
- Closed
- Oct 30, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,667
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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.
May 20, 1992#105772867May 20, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#105772867$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #105772867
Dates
- Opened
- May 20, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- May 21, 1992
- Closed
- May 21, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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.
Oct 7, 1991#112361803Oct 7, 1991Accident (A) · Partial scope, Health#112361803$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112361803
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 7, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 25, 1992
- Closed
- Jun 26, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,600
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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.
Seven employees overexposed to chlorine, four hospitalized
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.261 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills OSHA citation code: 19100261 H03 VI | Other | 1 | 8 | $900 | $0 | May 1, 1992 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 II | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 1992 | - | - |
Aug 26, 1991#105773147Aug 26, 1991Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#105773147$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #105773147
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 26, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 26, 1991
- Closed
- Sep 26, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 2,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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.
Mar 26, 1991#105771778Mar 26, 1991Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#105771778$2,4008 viol.8 violations$2,400 in penalties
Inspection #105771778
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 26, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 10, 1991
- Closed
- Dec 19, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,700
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 8
- Violation Types
- 8 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,400
- Penalties on Record
- $2,400
- Site Address
- 104 East Riverside Street, Covington, VA 24426
- 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 (5 of 8 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $800 | $800 | Dec 16, 1991 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Dec 16, 1991 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 F02 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Dec 16, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $800 | $800 | Oct 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B08 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 15, 1991 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 8 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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.
23 inspections, 1984 to 2000. 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.
Standards cited
Chemical exposure sampling
Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.