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ECOLAB INC.

8300 CAPITAL DR., GREENSBORO, NC, 27409
Operated by ECOLAB INC · 1 of 101 establishments
325611Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
EIN 830798478

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OSHA inspections
4
over 12 years
Violations
38
$36,750 in penalties
Penalties
$36,750
$967 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

ECOLAB INC. has accumulated 38 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $36,750 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 85th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

ECOLAB INC. 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
4
0.3 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
38
3.2 / yr
Penalties
$36,750
$967 avg / violation
47% serious53% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 4
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 4

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 20 citations in this view · $36,750 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$4,600Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 I11$4,600Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$4,100Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0111$2,400Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 IB11$2,400Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0111$2,400Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,150Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 VI11$2,150Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0103 B02 IID311$2,150Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 IB11$2,150Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,800Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0027 E0411$1,300Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11$1,300Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.1450 E01 I11$975Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III11$975Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111$650Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0141 A03 I11$650Nov 2013Nov 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0311Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 C0111Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0211Nov 2013Nov 2013

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3256 within NC. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 38 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
85th
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
−0.9
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.5

Reported for 138 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
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

Complaint
1
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 ECOLAB INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$424,769
Employees affected
449

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 · 448 violations · $424,769 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJun 20141448445$424,769

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. 2 cases · 448 violations · $424,769 in backwages · 449 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2023 – Aug 2023Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers1
Jun 2011 – Jun 2014Polish and Other Sanitation Good ManufacturingFLSA448448$424,769

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 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 ECOLAB 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 ECOLAB INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
ECOLAB, INC.
8300 CAPITAL DRIVE · GREENSBORO, NC, 27409
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified30Nov 2025View →

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 INC.. 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)
$19.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$139.0M
Awards (all-time)
27,092

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
2013-10-15Referral76$16,400
2013-08-20Unprogrammed Related178$13,800
2013-08-20Unprogrammed Related112$4,750
2013-08-02Complaint32$1,800

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ECOLAB INC. 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 NC, 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
  • ECOLABHEBRON, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ECOLABINDUSTRY, CA — 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
  • ECOLAB INCHUNTINGTON, IN — 2 federal enforcement records

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ECOLAB 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 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 INC.'s OSHA violation history?
ECOLAB INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 38 violations and $36,750 in total penalties.
How does ECOLAB INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
ECOLAB INC. operates in the soap and other detergent manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. ECOLAB INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.9.