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ELMER CANDY CORPORATION

401 N 5TH ST, PONCHAFOULA, LA, 70454
311352Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate

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OSHA inspections
5
over 52 years
Violations
35
$930 in penalties
Penalties
$930
$27 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

ELMER CANDY CORPORATION has accumulated 35 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $930 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 20,262 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 41 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

ELMER CANDY CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
5
0.1 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
35
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$930
$27 avg / violation
29% serious71% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 5
Inspection trigger · follow-up
1 of 5

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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 · 30 citations in this view · $930 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0133$260Nov 1973Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0532$125Nov 1973Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I33Nov 1973Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0422$210Nov 1981Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$35Nov 1973Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0213 C0222Nov 1973Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0242 B22Nov 1973Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0243 C0311$120Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$90Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$90Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111Jan 1985Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0213 A0511Jan 1985Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0311Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0151 B11Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0219 B0111Nov 1981Nov 1981
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11Nov 1981Nov 1981

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3113 within LA. Peer group: 20,262 employers. This establishment has 35 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

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

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
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

Planned
4
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) · Dec 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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
Dec 4, 2021Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 41+ years. Most recent activity: 41 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 ELMER CANDY CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
0
Quarters non-compliant
11
Formal actions
2

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation.

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
ELMER CANDY CORP
401 5TH STREET · PONCHATOULA, LA, 70454
RCRAViolation
QNCR 11
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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 ELMER CANDY CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1985-01-02Planned63$350
1981-11-04Planned227$510
1976-01-21Planned0$0
1974-01-14Follow-up0$0
1973-11-20Planned7$70

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ELMER CANDY CORPORATION 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.

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Frequently asked

What is ELMER CANDY CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
ELMER CANDY CORPORATION has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 35 violations and $930 in total penalties.
How does ELMER CANDY CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
ELMER CANDY CORPORATION operates in the confectionery manufacturing from purchased chocolate industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9.