Skip to main content

Establishment profile

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES

25102 EXIDE DRIVE, FOREST CITY, MO, 64451
Operated by Exide Technologies · 1 of 13 establishments
331492Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
EIN 230552730

Download as PDF →

OSHA inspections
6
over 16 years
Violations
20
$79,800 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES has accumulated 20 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $79,800 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 85th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 41 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.4 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
20
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$79,800
$3,990 avg / violation
90% serious10% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 6
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 6

50% 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $79,800 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$5,313Jan 2010May 2013
29 CFR 1910.1025 C0111$14,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0146 D0911$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1027 L01 I A11$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0146 D05 II11$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1018 N01 I A11$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1018 N0211$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1027 C11$7,000Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$5,100May 2013May 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 F0111$4,250May 2013May 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 II D11$3,400May 2013May 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$2,550May 2013May 2013
29 CFR 1910.0304 B02 III11$1,063Jan 2010Jan 2010
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 VC11$1,063Jan 2010Jan 2010
29 CFR 1910.0335 A02 I11$1,063Jan 2010Jan 2010
29 CFR 1910.1018 N02 II A11Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1025 E01 I11Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1018 N02 II B11Sep 2013Sep 2013
29 CFR 1910.1027 F01 I11Sep 2013Sep 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

85th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3314 within MO. Peer group: 41 employers. This establishment has 20 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
90th
peer median: $3,375
Inspection frequency
80th
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
2.5
vs industry
+0.4
TRIR
6.2
vs industry
+3.2

Reported for 86 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
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.2
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
4
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) · Jul 2015 – Nov 2019

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat

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
Nov 20, 2019Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetHip(s)Hospitalized
Jun 28, 2018Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Jul 9, 2015Fall on same level, n.e.c.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized

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
Jun 28, 2018Furnace,Heat,Heat Stroke11

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
7 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 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 EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MO — for Exide Technologies, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 Exide Technologies 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
17-CA-024796Unfair labor practiceFeb 2010Mar 2010ClosedRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$3.0M
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2015-03-01. Most recent: 2015-03-01. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-03-27Monitoring0$0
2018-07-05Referral0$0
2013-03-27Planned55$19,550
2013-03-27Planned119$56,000
2009-12-16Planned0$0
2009-12-16Planned44$4,250

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Exide Technologies.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Exide Technologies across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) within MO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Exide Technologies, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Related searches

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES 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 Exide Technologies, which operates 13 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.

Need API access, bulk download, or licensed redistribution? The website is free. Programmatic and licensed access is handled separately.

Contact sales →

Frequently asked

What is EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES's OSHA violation history?
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 20 violations and $79,800 in total penalties.
How does EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES's safety record compare to its industry?
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES operates in the secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3. EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES's self-reported DART rate is 2.48 compared to an industry average of 2.1.