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CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

135TH AND NEW AVENUE, LEMONT, IL, 60439
Operated by CITGO Petroleum Corporation · 1 of 7 establishments
324110Petroleum Refineries
EIN 731173881

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OSHA inspections
3
over 18 years
Violations
19
$182,744 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION has accumulated 19 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $182,744 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 91 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 79th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
3
0.2 / yr · last 18 yrs
Violations
19
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$182,744
$9,618 avg / violation
79% serious21% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 3

100% 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 19 citations in this view · $182,744 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 ID11$63,000Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 IB11$63,000Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 II11$13,494Jan 2021Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 I11$7,000Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$7,000Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 ID11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 IB11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 III11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 II11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 M04 IV11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 M0511$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 O0411$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 IE11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 IC11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 I11$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0511$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0711$2,250Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11Feb 2008Feb 2008

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3241 within IL. Peer group: 91 employers. This establishment has 19 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $158
Inspection frequency
79th
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
1.2
vs industry
+1.0
TRIR
1.2
vs industry
+0.8

Reported for 76 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
0.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.2
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

Planned
1
Referral
2

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) · Aug 2020

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

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
Aug 4, 2020Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

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
Aug 4, 2020Burn,Chemical,Chemical Burn,Chemical Exposure,Face,Glove,Hand,Heat,High Temperature,Inspecting,Machine operator,Neck,PPE,Steam,Struck By,Sulfur,Valve11

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
5 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 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 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for CITGO Petroleum Corporation, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
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 CITGO Petroleum Corporation 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 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-289750Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Apr 2022ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-113435Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Nov 2013ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-040482Unfair labor practiceSep 2002Oct 2002ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
135TH STREET AND NEW AVENUE · LEMONT, IL, 60439
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 1
40Apr 2025View →

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
2
Total payments
$13.0M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2007-06-28. Most recent: 2008-09-17. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

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. 2 cases · 1 plea/conviction · $13,000,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Citgo Petroleum Corporation
CITGO Petroleum Corp.
Sep 2008pleaEnvironmentalUSDOJ - Environment & Natural Resources Division$13,000,000No
USA v. CITGO Petroleum Corporation et al.
CITGO Petroleum Corp.
Jun 2007dismissalEnvironmentalTexas - Southern,USDOJ - Environment & Natural Resources Division - Environmental Crimes SectionNo

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-08-05Referral1$13,494
2013-10-24Referral22$14,000
2007-08-02Planned1613$155,250

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CITGO Petroleum Corporation across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in petroleum refineries within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by CITGO Petroleum Corporation, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CITGO PETROLEUM 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 CITGO Petroleum Corporation, which operates 7 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 CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 19 violations and $182,744 in total penalties.
How does CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION operates in the petroleum refineries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 1.22 compared to an industry average of 0.2.