AUSTIN POWDER CO

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view.

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.

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.

Reported for 84 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.

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for AUSTIN POWDER CO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for AUSTIN POWDER CO. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →

Company-level in TN — for Austin Powder Company, not this location alone

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Austin Powder Company operations in the same state.

Mine Safety and Health Administration citations. S&S (significant and substantial) marks violations that could reasonably contribute to a serious injury. Negligence rating is MSHA’s operator-culpability assessment (none, low, moderate, high, or reckless disregard). Proposed = assessed at issuance; Paid = post-settlement / appeal. 33 citations · 9S&S · 33 contractor · $165,613 proposed / $77,403 paid.

Source: MSHA citation database. “Contractor” annotations indicate the cited party was on-site at the mine but not the mine’s operator -- responsibility attaches to the contractor LLC, not the mine’s owner. Section codes reference 30 CFR (the Mine Safety and Health regulations).

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for AUSTIN POWDER CO. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →

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

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AUSTIN POWDER CO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →

First case: 2005-10-31. Most recent: 2005-10-31. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $500,000 in penalties / restitution.

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.