MOBIL OIL CORPORATION/CHALMETTE REFINERY
500 ST. BERNARD HWY, CHALMETTE, LA 70043
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Inspection records
Jan 9, 1996#103431706Jan 9, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#103431706$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #103431706
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 9, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 1996
- Closed
- Oct 2, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 630
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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 31, 1993#102257987Mar 31, 1993Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#102257987$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102257987
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 31, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 31, 1993
- Closed
- Apr 20, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 697
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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.
Jul 30, 1991#110423647Jul 30, 1991FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#110423647$2,9765 viol.5 violations$2,976 in penalties
Inspection #110423647
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 30, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 1991
- Closed
- Apr 7, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,250
- Penalties on Record
- $2,976
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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 of asphyxia from nitrogen atmosphere
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Serious | 1 | 20 | $2,125 | $1,488 | Feb 5, 1992 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I | Serious | 1 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Feb 5, 1992 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II | Serious | 1 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Feb 5, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Serious | 1 | 20 | $2,125 | $1,488 | Apr 6, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 II | Serious | 1 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1992 | - | - |
Mar 25, 1991#108915117Mar 25, 1991Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#108915117$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #108915117
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 25, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- May 24, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 31, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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.
Mar 25, 1991#108914185Mar 25, 1991Referral (C) · Complete scope, Health#108914185$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #108914185
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 25, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- May 24, 1991
- Closed
- Jul 15, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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.
Mar 11, 1991#110417581Mar 11, 1991Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#110417581$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #110417581
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 11, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 2, 1991
- Closed
- Apr 2, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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 5, 1990#110419348Nov 5, 1990Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#110419348$9001 viol.1 violation$900 in penalties
Inspection #110419348
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 5, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 25, 1991
- Closed
- May 20, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $900
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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 burned in fire after heat exchanger ruptures
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | 20 | $900 | $900 | Apr 25, 1991 | - | - |
Nov 5, 1990#110336682Nov 5, 1990Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#110336682$9001 viol.1 violation$900 in penalties
Inspection #110336682
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 5, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 25, 1991
- Closed
- Aug 19, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $900
- Site Address
- 500 St. Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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.
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 burned in fire after heat exchanger ruptures
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 20 | $900 | $900 | Aug 2, 1991 | - | - |
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 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.
8 inspections, 1990 to 1996. 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.