Inspection #109187120

Name: OSHA Inspection #109187120: ROCK WOOL MANUFACTURING CO.
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a accident inspection of ROCK WOOL MANUFACTURING CO. at 203 N. 7th St. & Thornton, Leeds, AL 35094 on May 9, 1994. The inspection scope was partial. The case was closed on Feb 24, 2000.

OSHA documented 26 violations (18 serious, 8 willful) with total penalties on record of $117,720. 1 incident investigation summary is associated with this inspection. This inspection is linked to 1 accident report in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 56 air monitoring samples covering 13 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co), Copper Fume (as Cu), and 8 more.

This employer has 2 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 109187120
Type: Accident (A)
Scope: Partial
Opened: May 9, 1994
Closed: Feb 24, 2000
Contested: Nov 30, 1994
Final Order: Apr 8, 1995
Total Violations: 26
Penalties on Record: $117,720
Initial Penalties: $162,000
Related Activity: 1 accident

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.

Establishment

Name: ROCK WOOL MANUFACTURING CO.
Address: 203 N. 7th St. & Thornton, Leeds, AL 35094
Industry: Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Other Inspections of This Employer2 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#339852782	Jul 16, 2014	Referral (C)	2 violations	$6,580
#109187393	May 9, 1994	Referral (C)	10 violations	$4,385

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

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 appears immediately below.

FatalityMay 9, 1994

Employee died from inhalation of toxic chemicals

Injury: AsphyxiaBody part: Body System

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).

Enforcement Outcome

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.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Feb 24, 2000.

Citations on Record

18 serious, 8 willful.

Initial Penalties

$162,000

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$117,720

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Nov 30, 1994. Final orders are recorded through Apr 8, 1995. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling13 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	4	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	4	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	4	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	4	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	4	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Formaldehyde	86P / 2A	0 - 0.6686	ppm	0.75 ppm [0.5 ppm Action Level]
Iron Oxide Fume	4	0 - 1.9539	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	4	0	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	4	0 - 0.00079	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	4	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	4	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	4	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	4	0 - 0.0152	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

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.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01003B	1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response OSHA citation code: 19100120 Q02 VII	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 27, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01003C	1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response OSHA citation code: 19100120 Q06	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 30, 1995	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01004A	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 D01 I	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Mar 15, 1995	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01004B	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 G03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01005A	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 H01 I	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01005B	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 H02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01005C	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 H02 VI	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01006A	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 I02	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01006B	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 I03	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01006C	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 K	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01007A	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 J	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01007B	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 J01	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01007C	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 J02	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01007D	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 J04	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01007E	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01008	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 L01 I	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Apr 1, 1995	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01009A	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 N01	Serious	$2,500	$1,000	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
01009B	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 N02 II	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02001A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02	Willful	$49,000	$37,240	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02001B	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E01	Willful	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02001C	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E03	Willful	$0	$0	Dec 12, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02002A	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01	Willful	$49,000	$37,240	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02002B	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C02	Willful	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02002C	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04	Willful	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02002D	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03	Willful	$0	$0	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995
02003	1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01	Willful	$49,000	$37,240	Dec 5, 1994	Nov 30, 1994	Apr 8, 1995

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.

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