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COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY

8800 GUERNSEY INDUSTRIAL BLVD., CAMBRIDGE, OH, 43725
Operated by Colgate-Palmolive · 1 of 79 establishments
325611Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
EIN 131815595

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OSHA inspections
6
over 33 years
Violations
9
$16,168 in penalties
Penalties
$16,168
$1,796 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 33 years of recorded history, with $16,168 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 76th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 83rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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
6
0.2 / yr · last 33 yrs
Violations
9
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$16,168
$1,796 avg / violation
11% serious89% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 6
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 6

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Peer comparison

76th

Above average violations in NAICS 3256 within OH. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 9 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
76th
peer median: $4,500
Inspection frequency
83rd
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
1.3
vs industry
+0.4
TRIR
1.7
vs industry
+0.2

Reported for 330 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
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.7
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

Complaint
3
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 2018 – Sep 2018

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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).

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for Colgate-Palmolive, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 Colgate-Palmolive locations in the same state.

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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY is one of 79 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 79 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY 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 79 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 COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $16,167.5 in total penalties.
How does COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY operates in the soap and other detergent manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 1.26 compared to an industry average of 0.9.