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ECOLAB

18383 RAILROAD ST, INDUSTRY, CA, 91748
Operated by ECOLAB INC · 1 of 101 establishments
325611Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
EIN 411941945

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OSHA inspections
1
over 28 years
Violations
4
$900 in penalties
Penalties
$900
$225 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

ECOLAB has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 28 years of recorded history, with $900 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 76th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 119,379 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

ECOLAB appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.0 / yr · last 28 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$900
$225 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · complaint
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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $900 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3273 A11$300May 1998May 1998
6151 C0111$300May 1998May 1998
3660 A11$150May 1998May 1998
5185 E11$150May 1998May 1998

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

76th

Above average violations in NAICS 3256 within CA. Peer group: 119,379 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
82nd
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

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

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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
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 ECOLAB. 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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJan 201311

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013Soap and Other Detergent ManufacturingFLSA10

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ECOLAB, INC.
18383 E RAILROAD ST · CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA, 91748
WaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified10May 2024View →
ECOLAB INC.
18275 ARENTH AVE · CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA, 91748
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 criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — ECOLAB INC (across 28 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$18.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$138.1M
Awards (all-time)
26,914

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
1998-03-05Complaint4$900

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ECOLAB is one of 101 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ECOLAB INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ECOLAB INC across all 101 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in soap and other detergent manufacturing within CA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ECOLAB INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

  • ECOLAB INC.JOLIET, IL — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB INC.JOLIET, IL — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB, INC.MCDONOUGH, GA — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB, INC.AVENEL, NJ — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB INCHUNTINGTON, IN — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB INC.ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB, INC.GARLAND, TX — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB INCROSCOE, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLABHEBRON, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLAB INC.GREENSBORO, NC — 2 federal enforcement records

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ECOLAB 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 ECOLAB INC, which operates 101 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 ECOLAB's OSHA violation history?
ECOLAB has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 4 violations and $900 in total penalties.
How does ECOLAB's safety record compare to its industry?
ECOLAB operates in the soap and other detergent manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5.