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DOW CHEMICAL
$3,750
penalties
1
viol.
5
insp.

DOW CHEMICAL

305 CRENSHAW BL, TORRANCE, CA 90503NAICS 424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
5
Mar 1993 to Mar 2009 · 3 safety, 2 health
Violations
1
across 5 inspections
Penalties on record
$3,750
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology

Inspection records

Mar 25, 2009Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#309912756$00 viol.

Inspection #309912756

Dates

Opened
Mar 25, 2009
Closing Conference Date
Jun 24, 2009
Closed
Sep 29, 2009

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
29

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
19206 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503
Industry
325510 Paint and Coating 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.

Apr 3, 2007Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#119781730$00 viol.

Inspection #119781730

Dates

Opened
Apr 3, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Apr 3, 2007
Closed
Apr 11, 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
19500 Mariner Ave, Torrance, CA 90503
Industry
424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

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.

Sep 17, 2001Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#120221858$00 viol.

Inspection #120221858

Dates

Opened
Sep 17, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Nov 2, 2001
Closed
Nov 2, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
18

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
19500 Mariner Ave, Torrance, CA 90503
Industry
424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

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.

May 26, 1993Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#120113667$00 viol.

Inspection #120113667

Dates

Opened
May 26, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Jun 24, 1993
Closed
Jul 8, 1993

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
130
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
305 Crenshaw Bl, Torrance, CA 90503
Industry
424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

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.

HospitalizationMay 4, 1993

Employee injured when struck by metal cap

Injury: FractureBody part: Finger(s)Source: Boiler/Pressure VesselEvent: Struck By
Mar 26, 1993Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#112133954$3,7501 viol.

Inspection #112133954

Dates

Opened
Mar 26, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Jul 12, 1993
Closed
Feb 10, 1994

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
160
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$3,750
Penalties on Record
$3,750
Site Address
305 Crenshaw Bl, Torrance, CA 90503
Industry
424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

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.

HospitalizationMar 14, 1993

Employee injures hand on bandsaw blade

Injury: Cut/LacerationBody part: Hand(s)Source: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010013328
Machinery and Equipment
OSHA citation code: 3328 F
Serious11$3,750$3,750Jul 12, 1993--
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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.

Standards cited

3328Machinery and Equipment1 citation · $3,750

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.2
Industry average2.3
Penalties per inspection
This employer$750
Industry average$2,958

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods, 16,713 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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