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DOW CHEMICAL CO

1790 BLDG WASHINGTON ST, MIDLAND, MI, 48674
Operated by Dow Chemical · 1 of 140 establishments
325199All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
EIN 381285128

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OSHA inspections
4
over 36 years
Violations
0
Penalties
$0
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

DOW CHEMICAL CO has accumulated 0 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 36 years of recorded history.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

DOW CHEMICAL CO 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 36 yrs
Violations
0
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 4

Peer comparison

0th

Fewer violations than most other employers in NAICS 3251 within MI. Peer group: 83 employers. This establishment has 0 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $550
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
0.2
vs industry
−0.6
TRIR
0.4
vs industry
−1.0

Reported for 2,299 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
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.4
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
3
Referral
1

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 DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 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 DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MI — for Dow Chemical, not this location alone

Total cases
5
Unfair labor practice
5

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 Dow Chemical 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.). 5 cases · 5 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
07-CA-350638Unfair labor practiceSep 2024May 2025ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-350628Unfair labor practiceSep 2024May 2025ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-045970Unfair labor practiceMar 2003Jun 2003ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-044023Unfair labor practiceMay 2001Feb 2007ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-043504Unfair labor practiceNov 2000Feb 2007ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan

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 DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for DOW CHEMICAL CO. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE (across 14 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$42.0M
Awards (all-time)
60

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
2012-07-24Planned0$0
2010-05-14Planned0$0
2009-02-17Planned0$0
1990-01-11Referral0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

DOW CHEMICAL CO is one of 140 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Dow Chemical.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Dow Chemical across all 140 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in all other basic organic chemical manufacturing within MI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Dow Chemical, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DOW CHEMICAL CO 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 Dow Chemical, which operates 140 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 DOW CHEMICAL CO's OSHA violation history?
DOW CHEMICAL CO has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 0 violations and $0 in total penalties.
How does DOW CHEMICAL CO's safety record compare to its industry?
DOW CHEMICAL CO operates in the all other basic organic chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. DOW CHEMICAL CO's self-reported DART rate is 0.21 compared to an industry average of 0.8.