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EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY

4500 NORTH WEST AVE., EL DORADO, AR, 71730
Operated by LSB INDUSTRIES, INC · 1 of 4 establishments
325199All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
EIN 731183488

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OSHA inspections
3
over 39 years
Violations
3
$20,773 in penalties
Penalties
$20,773
$6,924 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 39 years of recorded history, with $20,773 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 65th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 21 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
3
0.1 / yr · last 39 yrs
Violations
3
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$20,773
$6,924 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 3
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 3

100% 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $20,773 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$13,653Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$7,000Aug 2012Aug 2012
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$120Feb 1987Feb 1987

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

65th

Above average violations in NAICS 3251 within AR. Peer group: 21 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
80th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
80th
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
0.0
vs industry
−0.8
TRIR
0.9
vs industry
−0.5

Reported for 198 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
0.9
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

Accident
1
Referral
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) · Apr 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Apr 7, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationArm(s), n.e.c.Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Apr 7, 2021Amputated,Amputation,Arm,Caught Between,Caught By,Caught In,Conveyor,Guardrail,Power Roller,Pulled In,Severed,Troubleshooting11
Nov 10, 1986UNCONSCIOUSNESS,GUARDRAIL,SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,SLIP,FLOWING MATERIAL,FALL,CONVEYOR BELT,LOST BALANCEFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$20,930
Employees affected
6

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 · 6 violations · $20,930 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJul 2006166$20,930

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 · 6 violations · $20,930 in backwages · 6 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jul 2004 – Jul 2006Fertilizer ManufacturingFLSA66$20,930

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 EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY. 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
EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY
4500 NORTHWEST AVE. · EL DORADO, AR, 71730
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

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$45K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2005-02-24. Most recent: 2005-02-24. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $45,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. El Dorado Chemical
El Dorado Chemical Co.
Feb 2005pleaEnvironmentalArkansas - Western$45,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2021-04-08Referral11$13,653
2012-05-15Unprogrammed Other11$7,000
1986-11-12Accident11$120

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY is one of 4 establishments rolled up under the parent organization LSB INDUSTRIES, INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of LSB INDUSTRIES, INC across all 4 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 AR, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by LSB INDUSTRIES, INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY 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 LSB INDUSTRIES, INC, which operates 4 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 EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $20,773 in total penalties.
How does EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY operates in the all other basic organic chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.8.
Has EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY.