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CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.

85 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, HOLDEN, MA, 01520
Operated by Clariant Plastics and Coatings USA Inc
325991Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
EIN 320471772

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OSHA inspections
1
over 6 years
Violations
3
$9,282 in penalties
Penalties
$9,282
$3,094 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 6 years of recorded history, with $9,282 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 30th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 58 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.2 / yr · last 6 yrs
Violations
3
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$9,282
$3,094 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $9,282 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$4,641Nov 2019Nov 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 E0111$4,641Nov 2019Nov 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 E02 I11Nov 2019Nov 2019

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

30th

Below average violations in NAICS 3259 within MA. Peer group: 58 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
63rd
peer median: $5,582
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 2

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
0.0
vs industry
−2.2
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−4.0

Reported for 95 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
4.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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

Referral
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) · Aug 2019

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
Aug 15, 2019Contact with hot objects or substancesMultiple 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 15, 2019Burn,Check Valve,Hot Water,Thigh,Torso11

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
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 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 CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$828K
Awards
17
Top agency
Department of Defense
$828K
Company-wide — CLARIANT AG (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.2M
Obligated (all-time)
$4.9M
Awards (all-time)
208

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

Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL9 CONCENTRATE, BLUE
    contract · Last action 2014-08-25
    $111,155
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL, COLOR, BLUE (CONCENTRATE)
    contract · Last action 2016-04-22
    $97,212
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL, COLOR, BLUE #AB53620328
    contract · Last action 2018-04-05
    $95,369
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL, COLOR, BLUE
    contract · Last action 2013-04-11
    $90,439
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL, COLOR CONCENTRATES
    contract · Last action 2019-02-12
    $60,441
  • Department of Defense
    COLOR CONCENTRATE, BLUE AB53620328
    contract · Last action 2021-01-12
    $59,668
  • Department of Defense
    COLOR CONCENTRATE, BLUE AB53620328
    contract · Last action 2019-09-20
    $59,368
  • Department of Defense
    PURCHASE FOR NSRDEC COLOR CONCENTRATES AND COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN EXTRUSION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS INTO FIBER FORM. CONCENTRATES AND COMPOUNDS USING PROPRIETARY COMPONENTS AND TRADE SECRETS.
    contract · Last action 2018-03-15
    $53,777
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL, COLOR CONCENTRATES
    contract · Last action 2019-02-04
    $50,337
  • Department of Defense
    COLOR CONCENTRATES
    contract · Last action 2017-09-18
    $49,510
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL CONCENTRATE BLUE
    contract · Last action 2009-05-26
    $42,495
  • Department of Defense
    BLUE COLOR CONCENTRATE
    contract · Last action 2010-09-27
    $34,026
  • Department of Defense
    CHEMICAL 110 COMPOUND CONCENTRATE
    contract · Last action 2015-09-30
    $20,577
  • Department of Defense
    OMNI COLOR TOMATO RED
    contract · Last action 2010-05-03
    $5,543
  • Department of Defense
    IR COMPOUNDING
    contract · Last action 2013-05-01
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    200512!501431!2100!W911QY!USA MATERIEL COMMAND ACQUISITION!W911QY05P0544 !A!N! !N! ! !20050831!20060728!194800793!108706425!484519731!N!CLARIANT CORPORATION !85 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE !HOLDEN !MA!01520!30525!027!25!HOLDEN !WORCESTER !MASS !+000000106540!N!N!000000000000!6820!DYES !C9E!ALL OTHER SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT !000 !* !325991!E! !9! ! ! ! ! !20200930!C! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001! ! !Z!N!Z! ! !Y!C!N! ! ! !B!B!A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !
    contract · Last action 2010-01-19
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    200610!601080!2100!W911QY!USA MATERIEL COMMAND ACQUISITION!W911QY06P0447 !A!N! !N! ! !20060718!20070116!194800793!108706425!484519731!N!CLARIANT CORPORATION !85 INDUSTRIAL PARK !HOLDEN !MA!01520!30525!027!25!HOLDEN !WORCESTER !MASS !+000000023880!N!N!000000000000!6810!CHEMICALS !C9E!ALL OTHER SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT !000 !NOT DISCERNABLE !325991!E! !9! ! ! ! ! !99990909!C! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001! ! !Z!N!Z! ! !Y!B!N!N! ! !A! !A!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !
    contract · Last action 2009-03-13
    $-1,589

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325991 - CUSTOM COMPOUNDING OF PURCHASED RESINS. Last action: 2021-01-12. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-08-19Referral33$9,282

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Clariant Plastics and Coatings USA Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Clariant Plastics and Coatings USA Inc across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in custom compounding of purchased resins within MA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. 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 Clariant Plastics and Coatings USA Inc.

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Frequently asked

What is CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.'s OSHA violation history?
CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 3 violations and $9,282 in total penalties.
How does CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. operates in the custom compounding of purchased resins industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4. CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.2.