Inspection #17529389

Name: OSHA Inspection #17529389: DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a complaint inspection of DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION at 550 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE 19711 on Jan 7, 1987. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Mar 16, 2016.

OSHA documented 51 violations (8 serious, 34 willful, 9 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $1,289,200. This inspection is linked to 1 complaint in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 273 air monitoring samples covering 29 substances during this inspection, including 2-Butanone, 2-Ethoxyethyl Acetate, Acetic Acid, Acetone, Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), and 24 more.

This employer has 9 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 17529389
Type: Complaint (B)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Jan 7, 1987
Closed: Mar 16, 2016
Contested: Jul 24, 1987
Final Order: May 6, 1988
Total Violations: 51
Penalties on Record: $1,289,200
Initial Penalties: $1,289,200
Related Activity: 1 complaint

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.

Establishment

Name: DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Address: 550 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE 19711
Industry: Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Other Inspections of This Employer9 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#305947061	Dec 2, 2004	Planned (H)	2 violations	$10,000
#300315165	Jul 25, 2002	Referral (C)	No violations
#109646455	Sep 1, 1993	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#109643130	Aug 10, 1993	Planned (H)	1 violation	$2,275
#109643890	Aug 8, 1991	Complaint (B)	No violations
#17533076	Oct 11, 1989	Follow-Up (F)	10 violations	$1,700
#17533068	Oct 11, 1989	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#17534835	Jun 20, 1988	Referral (C)	3 violations	$2,100
#17529108	Jan 7, 1987	Programmed Other (K)	148 violations	$286,900

148 violations$286,900

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

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.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Mar 16, 2016.

Citations on Record

8 serious, 34 willful, 9 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$1,289,200

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$1,289,200

Current and initial penalty totals are the same on record.

Citation contest activity appears on Jul 24, 1987. Final orders are recorded through May 6, 1988. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling29 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
2-Butanone	138P / 5A	0 - 36.1	ppm	200 ppm (590 mg/m³)
2-Ethoxyethyl Acetate	7	0	ppm	100 ppm (540 mg/m³)
Acetic Acid	4	0.17 - 3.3	ppm	10 ppm (25 mg/m³)
Acetone	9	0 - 22.4	ppm	1000 ppm (2400 mg/m³)
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	9	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Arsenic, Inorganic	108P / 2A	0 - 0.066	mg/m³	0.01 mg/m³ [5 µg/m³ Action Level] (as As)
Asbestos (all forms)	2	0	f/cc	-
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	8	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	9	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	9	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	9	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	9	0 - 0.1569	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Formic Acid	4	0 - 1.2	ppm	5 ppm (9 mg/m³)
Hexane (n-Hexane)	2	0 - 4.1	ppm	500 ppm (1800 mg/m³)
Iron Oxide Fume	9	0 - 0.1768	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Isobutyl Alcohol	7	0	ppm	100 ppm (300 mg/m³)
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	1917P / 2A	0 - 5.4	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	9	0 - 0.006	mg/m³	-
Methylene Chloride	138P / 5A	0 - 16.1		25 ppm [12.5 ppm Action Level]
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	9	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
n-Butyl Alcohol	7	0 - 6.2	ppm	100 ppm (300 mg/m³)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	9	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	2219P / 3A	0	mg/m³	20 mppcf (respirable)
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)	4	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust), 5 mg/m³ (respirable fraction)
Petroleum Distillates (Naphtha) (Rubber Solvent)	1510P / 5A	0 - 88.1	mg/m³	500 ppm (2000 mg/m³)
Toluene	1510P / 5A	0 - 11.8	ppm	200 ppm
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	9	0	mg/m³	-
Xylene	138P / 5A	0 - 8.6	ppm	100 ppm (435 mg/m³)
Zinc Oxide Fume	9	0 - 0.1796	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

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.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 C	Serious	$128,000	$128,000	Jan 9, 1988	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01001B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Willful	$0	$0	Jan 9, 1988	Jul 24, 1987	-
01002A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 G01 I	Serious	$128,000	$128,000	Jan 9, 1988	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01002B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01003A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 E03 II	Serious	$128,000	$128,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01003B	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 E04	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01003C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D04	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01004A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 J02 VI	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01004B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VI	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01005A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 J02 VII	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01005B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Willful	$0	$0	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01006A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 K01	Serious	$8,000	$8,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01006B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H01	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01007A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 M02 I	Willful	$64,000	$64,000	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01007B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 I	Willful	$0	$0	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01008A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 M03 I	Serious	$8,000	$8,000	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01008B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 II	Willful	$0	$0	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01009A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 M05	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01009B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VIII	Willful	$0	$0	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01010A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 N03 I	Willful	$104,000	$104,000	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01010B	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 N03 I	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01010C	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 N03 II	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01010D	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 N06 III	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01011A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 O01 I	Willful	$128,000	$128,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01011B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 IV	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01012A	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 O02 I	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01012B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L02 I	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01013A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IA	Willful	$312,000	$312,000	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01013B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IA	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01013C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 II	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01013D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 II	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01013E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IA	Willful	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01013F	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K01 ID	Willful	$0	$0	Jul 10, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01014	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 M02 I	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01015A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 I	Willful	$120,000	$120,000	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01015B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 II	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01016A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G01	Willful	$25,000	$25,000	Jul 10, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01016B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
01017A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H	Serious	$95,000	$95,000	Dec 31, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
01017B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 II	Willful	$0	$0	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
02001A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	$800	$800	Oct 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
02002	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02	Serious	$400	$400	Aug 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03001	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 D01	Other	$0	$0	Jul 10, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03002A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G01	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03002B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G06	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
03003A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K01	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03003B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K02	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	-
03004	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 L01	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03005	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M01	Other	$0	$0	Sep 9, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03006A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A01	Other	$0	$0	Jul 15, 1987	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988
03006B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02	Other	$0	$0	Jan 9, 1988	Jul 24, 1987	May 6, 1988

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.

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