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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.

105 HUDSON STREET, JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07302
Operated by Colgate-Palmolive · 1 of 78 establishments

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OSHA inspections
12
over 51 years
Violations
71
$4,175 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. has accumulated 71 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $4,175 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 69,404 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 39 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. 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, 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
12
0.2 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
71
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$4,175
$59 avg / violation
14% serious86% other
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 12
Inspection trigger · follow-up
3 of 12

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 42 citations in this view · $4,035 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0309 A131$150Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0132$40Sep 1975May 1984
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0133Sep 1975May 1984
5A000122$780Oct 1979Oct 1986
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0122$450Sep 1978Oct 1979
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$360Sep 1975Oct 1979
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0422$40Sep 1975Sep 1984
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0222Sep 1975May 1984
29 CFR 1910.0106 E05 V21Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$720Oct 1979Oct 1979
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$450Oct 1979Oct 1979
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0211$300Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$240Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$240Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0025 D01 X11$55Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0219 E0111$45Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0159 E0311$45Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0037 L0111$40Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$40Sep 1975Sep 1975
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211$40Sep 1975Sep 1975

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 69,404 employers. This establishment has 71 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Inspection breakdown

Planned
6
Complaint
2
Referral
1
Follow-up
3

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

OSHA severe injury reports

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 39+ years. Most recent activity: 39 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 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. 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 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.. 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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
77 GREENE ST · JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07302
RCRANo 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 contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (across 5 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$849K
Obligated (all-time)
$149.4M
Awards (all-time)
818

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
1986-11-06Follow-up0$0
1986-04-07Referral11$420
1984-09-06Complaint1$0
1984-04-12Planned5$0
1981-09-22Planned0$0
1980-05-08Follow-up0$0
1979-09-11Planned95$2,160
1979-08-03Complaint0$0
1978-09-21Planned0$0
1978-08-15Planned64$960
1975-10-28Follow-up0$0
1975-08-25Planned49$635

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. is one of 78 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Colgate-Palmolive.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Colgate-Palmolive across all 78 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Colgate-Palmolive, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 Colgate-Palmolive, which operates 78 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 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.'s OSHA violation history?
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 71 violations and $4,175 in total penalties.