TENNECO OIL CO
RIVER ROAD, Chalmette, LA 70043
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Oct 2, 1985#100261205Oct 2, 1985Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#100261205$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #100261205
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 2, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 16, 1985
- Closed
- Oct 18, 1985
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 W 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.
Sep 2, 1983#16125957Sep 2, 1983Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#16125957$5001 viol.1 violation$500 in penalties
Inspection #16125957
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 2, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 29, 1983
- Closed
- Dec 1, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 648
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- Paris Rd & River Rd, 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001B | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 B06 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $500 | Oct 14, 1983 | - | - |
Sep 2, 1983#16125940Sep 2, 1983Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#16125940$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16125940
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 2, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 29, 1983
- Closed
- Oct 26, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 648
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Paris Rd & River Rd, 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.
May 4, 1982#16139354May 4, 1982Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#16139354$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16139354
Dates
- Opened
- May 4, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- May 5, 1982
- Closed
- Jul 27, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 670
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Chalmette Refinery, Chalmette, LA 70044
- 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.
Aug 31, 1981#16317786Aug 31, 1981Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#16317786$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16317786
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 31, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 2, 1981
- Closed
- Sep 11, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Chalmette, LA 70044
- 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.
May 20, 1981#16318164May 20, 1981Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#16318164$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16318164
Dates
- Opened
- May 20, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- May 20, 1981
- Closed
- Jun 17, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Chalmette, LA 70044
- 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.
Oct 16, 1980#16317182Oct 16, 1980Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#16317182$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16317182
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 16, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 16, 1980
- Closed
- Nov 28, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, Chalmette, LA 70043
- 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.
May 5, 1980#18778928May 5, 1980Complaint (B) · No Inspection scope, Safety#18778928$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18778928
Dates
- Opened
- May 5, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Sep 30, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- , Chalmette, LA 00000
- 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.
Oct 17, 1979#16316424Oct 17, 1979Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#16316424$4502 viol.2 violations$450 in penalties
Inspection #16316424
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 17, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 22, 1979
- Contested
- Nov 15, 1979
- Closed
- Nov 28, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $450
- Site Address
- River Road, 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $540 | $270 | Dec 19, 1979 | Nov 15, 1979 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 1 | - | $360 | $180 | Dec 19, 1979 | Nov 15, 1979 | - |
Jul 16, 1979#16397747Jul 16, 1979Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#16397747$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #16397747
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 16, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 16, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 550
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- River Road, 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.
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.
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.
35 inspections, 1973 to 1985. 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.