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ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

2858 BACK VAIL ROAD, TYRONE, PA, 16686
Operated by ALBEMARLE CORP · 1 of 12 establishments
325199All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
EIN 541692118

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OSHA inspections
4
over 20 years
Violations
4
$19,903 in penalties
Penalties
$19,903
$4,976 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 20 years of recorded history, with $19,903 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 59th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 122 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.2 / yr · last 20 yrs
Violations
4
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$19,903
$4,976 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 4

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $19,903 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0111$9,778Sep 2017Sep 2017
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I11$3,375Sep 2006Sep 2006
29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 II11$3,375Sep 2006Sep 2006
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11$3,375Sep 2006Sep 2006

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

59th

Above average violations in NAICS 3251 within PA. Peer group: 122 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $692
Inspection frequency
80th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.6
vs industry
−0.2
TRIR
0.6
vs industry
−0.8

Reported for 184 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Accident
1
Referral
2
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jun 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jun 5, 2017Contact with hot objects or substancesNonclassifiableHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 6, 2017Collapse,Fall,Flatbed Truck,Fracture,Lung,Pelvis,Rib,Trailer,Wrist11
Jun 5, 2017Burn,Explosion,Flying Object,Laceration,Vacuum Vessel11
Mar 24, 2006PULMONARY EDEMA,CHEMICALFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for ALBEMARLE CORP, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Representation (union)
3

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other ALBEMARLE CORP locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 3 cases · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-RC-012534Representation electionJul 2006Jul 2006ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-RC-012533Representation electionJul 2006Sep 2006ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-RC-012043Representation electionDec 2001Jan 2002ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ALBEMARLE CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
2858 BLACK VAIL RD. · TYRONE, TOWNSHIP OF, PA, 16686
WaterNo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$98.2M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
FCPA

First case: 2023-09-28. Most recent: 2023-09-28. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — ALBEMARLE CORP (across 7 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$25K
Obligated (all-time)
$692K
Awards (all-time)
50

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-11-06Referral0$0
2017-06-07Referral11$9,778
2007-08-30Follow-up0$0
2006-03-28Accident33$10,125

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION is one of 12 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ALBEMARLE CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ALBEMARLE CORP across all 12 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in all other basic organic chemical manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ALBEMARLE CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ALBEMARLE CORPORATION from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup ALBEMARLE CORP, which operates 12 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is ALBEMARLE CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $19,903 in total penalties.
How does ALBEMARLE CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION operates in the all other basic organic chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. ALBEMARLE CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.58 compared to an industry average of 0.8.
Has ALBEMARLE CORPORATION had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving ALBEMARLE CORPORATION.