QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
14301 BIRWOOD AVE, DETROIT, MI 48238
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Inspection records
May 15, 2012#315381517May 15, 2012Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#315381517$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #315381517
Dates
- Opened
- May 15, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- May 15, 2012
- Closed
- Jun 8, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 30
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- Industry
- 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
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.
Mar 21, 2007#308869296Mar 21, 2007Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#308869296$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308869296
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 21, 2007
- Closed
- Mar 28, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- Industry
- 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
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.
Oct 2, 1997#114529324Oct 2, 1997Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#114529324$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #114529324
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 2, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 2, 1997
- Closed
- Nov 5, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 61
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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, 1993#108061912Jul 22, 1993Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#108061912$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #108061912
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 22, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 22, 1993
- Closed
- Sep 9, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 48
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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.
Apr 28, 1993#108061854Apr 28, 1993Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Health#108061854$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #108061854
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 28, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 22, 1993
- Closed
- Aug 10, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 48
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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.
Feb 23, 1993#114928963Feb 23, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#114928963$9003 viol.3 violations$900 in penalties
Inspection #114928963
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 23, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 26, 1993
- Contested
- May 24, 1993
- Closed
- Aug 9, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 48
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $900
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on May 24, 1993. Final orders are recorded through Dec 13, 1993. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4080.1011 OSHA citation code: 40801011 A | Serious | 1 | 8 | $700 | $700 | Apr 26, 1993 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081001503 | Other | 3 | 20 | $200 | $200 | Jan 3, 1994 | May 24, 1993 | Dec 13, 1993 |
| 02002 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 B | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 19, 1993 | - | - |
Feb 18, 1993#108061821Feb 18, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#108061821$2,9254 viol.4 violations$2,925 in penalties
Inspection #108061821
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 18, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 28, 1993
- Closed
- Feb 8, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 48
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,925
- Penalties on Record
- $2,925
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $900 | $900 | Jun 14, 1993 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 C | Serious | 1 | 30 | $900 | $900 | Jul 14, 1993 | - | - |
| 01003 | 3255213004 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $1,125 | $1,125 | Jul 14, 1993 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 II | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Jun 14, 1993 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $1,750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | #108061912 | Aug 12, 1993 | $1,750 | - | - |
Jul 24, 1992#114555733Jul 24, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#114555733$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #114555733
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 24, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 13, 1992
- Closed
- Oct 1, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 55
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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.
Jun 18, 1991#108062803Jun 18, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#108062803$3,0006 viol.6 violations$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #108062803
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 18, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 26, 1991
- Closed
- Jan 17, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 63
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 6 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,000
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | R220503 OSHA citation code: R220503 B II | Serious | 1 | 8 | $500 | $500 | Aug 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002 | R220506 OSHA citation code: R220506 A | Serious | 1 | 8 | $500 | $500 | Aug 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 01003 | R220507 OSHA citation code: R220507 A I | Serious | 1 | 8 | $500 | $500 | Aug 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 01004 | R220508 OSHA citation code: R220508 A | Serious | 1 | 8 | $500 | $500 | Aug 15, 1991 | - | - |
| 01005 | R350201 OSHA citation code: R350201 B | Serious | 1 | 2 | $500 | $500 | Aug 15, 1991 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 6 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jul 27, 1990#108062829Jul 27, 1990Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#108062829$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #108062829
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 27, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 21, 1990
- Closed
- Sep 21, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 60
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 14301 Birwood Ave, Detroit, MI 48238
- 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.
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.
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.
10 inspections, 1990 to 2012. 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
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: all other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing reported 1.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 13.5%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source