FREEDOM TEXTILE CHEMICALS CO., INC.
5025 S. MAIN ST., COWPENS, SC 29330
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Inspection records
Oct 22, 1997#301774006Oct 22, 1997Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#301774006$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301774006
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 24, 1997
- Closed
- Oct 29, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 16
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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.
Feb 16, 1995#124674367Feb 16, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#124674367$8502 viol.2 violations$850 in penalties
Inspection #124674367
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 16, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 16, 1995
- Closed
- Apr 14, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 39
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,125
- Penalties on Record
- $850
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 1 | 5 | $2,125 | $850 | Mar 22, 1995 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.141 Sanitation OSHA citation code: 19100141 A03 II | Other | 3 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Mar 22, 1995 | - | - |
Dec 29, 1994#124674482Dec 29, 1994Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#124674482$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #124674482
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 29, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 29, 1994
- Closed
- Jan 13, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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.
Dec 21, 1993#124646290Dec 21, 1993Accident (A) · Partial scope, Health#124646290$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #124646290
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 21, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 18, 1994
- Closed
- Feb 4, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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 injured in fall when hose ruptures
Jun 23, 1993#120490859Jun 23, 1993Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#120490859$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120490859
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 23, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 23, 1993
- Closed
- Jul 20, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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.
Feb 11, 1993#120476395Feb 11, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#120476395$3,90022 viol.22 violations$3,900 in penalties
Inspection #120476395
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 11, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 11, 1993
- Closed
- Jul 20, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 22
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 16 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $10,500
- Penalties on Record
- $3,900
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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 (6 of 22 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.24 Step Bolts and Manhole Steps OSHA citation code: 19100024 E | Serious | 19 | 4 | $1,500 | $600 | May 29, 1993 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.24 Step Bolts and Manhole Steps OSHA citation code: 19100024 I | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,500 | $600 | May 29, 1993 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,500 | $600 | Apr 6, 1993 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I | Serious | 2 | 6 | $1,500 | $600 | Apr 6, 1993 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 VC7 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,125 | $450 | Apr 6, 1993 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.334 Electrical - Use of Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100334 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,125 | $450 | Apr 6, 1993 | - | - |
Showing the 6 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 22 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Feb 11, 1993#120459557Feb 11, 1993Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#120459557$05 viol.5 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120459557
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 11, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 16, 1993
- Contested
- May 26, 1993
- Final Order
- Nov 24, 1993
- Closed
- Dec 17, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,750
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03001 | 1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 I02 | Other | 1 | 2 | $1,875 | $0 | May 25, 1993 | May 26, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 |
| 03002 | 1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 I03 | Other | 1 | 2 | $1,875 | $0 | May 25, 1993 | May 26, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 |
| 04001 | 1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 D02 | Other | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 1993 | May 26, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 |
| 04002 | 1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 N01 | Other | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 1993 | May 26, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 |
| 04003 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 I | Other | 1 | 50 | $0 | $0 | May 20, 1993 | May 26, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 |
Feb 7, 1991#111016747Feb 7, 1991Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#111016747$2801 viol.1 violation$280 in penalties
Inspection #111016747
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 7, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 6, 1991
- Closed
- May 9, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 38
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $560
- Penalties on Record
- $280
- Site Address
- 5025 S. Main St., Cowpens, SC 29330
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 4 | 5 | $560 | $280 | Apr 9, 1991 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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, 1991 to 1997. 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.