UNIVERSAL PLANT SERVICES INC
SHELL CHEMICAL, PASADENA, TX 77506
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Feb 6, 2019#343823118Feb 6, 2019Programmed Related (I) · Complete scope, Safety#343823118$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343823118
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 6, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 6, 2019
- Closed
- Mar 5, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 2,858
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4403 Pasadena Fwy Fontage Rd, Pasadena, TX 77503
- Industry
- 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed 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 17, 2018#343406161Aug 17, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343406161$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343406161
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 17, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 17, 2018
- Closed
- Aug 27, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 22,150
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 13300 Bay Area Blvd, Pasadena, TX 77507
- Industry
- 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
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.
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 suffers chemical burns when sprayed with sulfuric a
May 19, 2018#343181509May 19, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343181509$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343181509
Dates
- Opened
- May 19, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- May 19, 2018
- Closed
- Jul 9, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 250
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 11500 Bay Area Blvd, Pasadena, TX 77507
- Industry
- 333999 All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
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.
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.
Employees was injured after a flash fire occurred
Jan 28, 1998#301401865Jan 28, 1998Programmed Related (I) · Complete scope, Safety#301401865$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301401865
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 28, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 12, 1998
- Closed
- Feb 12, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 20
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Shell Chemical, Pasadena, TX 77506
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jan 16, 1997#116265505Jan 16, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#116265505$2001 viol.1 violation$200 in penalties
Inspection #116265505
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 16, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 18, 1997
- Closed
- Apr 30, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 80
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $400
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- Shell Chemical, Pasadena, TX 77506
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 A05 II | Other | 1 | 2 | $400 | $200 | May 9, 1997 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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.
5 inspections, 1997 to 2019. 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.