PHILIP SERVICES CORPORATION
2166 MILFORD STREET, CHARLESTON, SC 29405
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May 6, 1998#301773370May 6, 1998Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#301773370$7,5001 viol.1 violation$7,500 in penalties
Inspection #301773370
Dates
- Opened
- May 6, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- May 14, 1998
- Contested
- Jun 23, 1998
- Final Order
- Oct 19, 1998
- Closed
- Jan 30, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $12,500
- Penalties on Record
- $7,500
- Site Address
- 2166 Milford Street, Charleston, SC 29405
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 | Repeat | 1 | 6 | $12,500 | $7,500 | Jun 2, 1998 | Jun 23, 1998 | Oct 19, 1998 |
Oct 30, 1996#126490697Oct 30, 1996FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#126490697$75,75029 viol.29 violations$75,750 in penalties
Inspection #126490697
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 30, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 11, 1996
- Contested
- Mar 28, 1997
- Final Order
- Aug 1, 1997
- Closed
- Jan 30, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 29
- Violation Types
- 25 serious, 3 willful, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $105,750
- Penalties on Record
- $75,750
- Site Address
- 2166 Milford Street, Charleston, SC 29405
- 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 killed after inhaling mercaptobenzothiazole
Violations
Violation list (25 of 29 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01003 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 F02 II | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01011 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 K01 III | Serious | 1 | 6 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Apr 7, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01012 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Serious | 2 | 7 | $1,875 | $1,875 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01013 | 1910.1201 Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels OSHA citation code: 19101201 B | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01015A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01 | Serious | 7 | 7 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01015B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G04 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01016A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 K01 IV | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01016B | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 C01 III | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01016C | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 D03 I | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01016D | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 F01 I | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01016E | 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens OSHA citation code: 19101030 G02 I | Serious | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01017A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $1,875 | $1,875 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01017B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 | Serious | 3 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01018A | 10012 OSHA citation code: 10012 A | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,500 | $4,500 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01018B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G04 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01018C | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 17, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01018D | 1910.133 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01 | Serious | 7 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 17, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03 V | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019C | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019D | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D05 I | Serious | 20 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019E | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D05 II | Serious | 20 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 10, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019F | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 E01 | Serious | 20 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 01019G | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 K01 I | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B11 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $35,000 | $5,000 | Mar 14, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 |
Showing the 25 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 29 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01017A | #301773370 | May 28, 1998 | - | Jun 23, 1998 | - |
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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.
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.
2 inspections, 1996 to 1998. 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.