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EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

4115 S ZERO ST ATTN KEVIN SETTLE, PLANT MGR, FORT SMITH, AR, 72908
Operated by Exide Technologies · 1 of 13 establishments
335911Storage Battery Manufacturing
EIN 230552730

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OSHA inspections
8
over 22 years
Violations
52
$89,925 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
6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has accumulated 52 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 22 years of recorded history, with $89,925 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 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
8
0.4 / yr · last 22 yrs
Violations
52
2.4 / yr
Penalties
$89,925
$1,729 avg / violation
79% serious21% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 8
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 8

63% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · $89,250 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$14,750Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 C0133$9,550Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 E01 I33$2,500Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 H0122$12,000Mar 2006Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$4,850Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 I02 II22$3,625Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$2,925Aug 2004Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$12,000Apr 2018Apr 2018
29 CFR 1910.1025 H02 II11$5,000Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1027 L01 IA11$4,800Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1027 M02 I11$2,600Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$2,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
5A000111$2,250Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.1025 M02 I11$2,250Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0111$1,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$1,500Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$1,500Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,125Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0138 A11$1,125Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111$900Aug 2004Aug 2004

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.

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
−1.8
TRIR
1.4
vs industry
−1.4

Reported for 194 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.4
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
2
Complaint
1
Referral
2
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) · Jul 2015 – Jan 2018

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
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
Jan 11, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation
Jul 28, 2015Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

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
Jan 11, 2018Amputated,Finger,Lockout,Point Of Operation1

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
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 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, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
15
Unfair labor practice
15

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.). 15 cases · 15 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-222143Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Jun 2018ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-209274Unfair labor practiceNov 2017Feb 2018ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-187475Unfair labor practiceNov 2016Apr 2017ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-187469Unfair labor practiceNov 2016Dec 2017ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-187461Unfair labor practiceNov 2016Apr 2018ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-174947Unfair labor practiceApr 2016May 2016ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-173499Unfair labor practiceApr 2016May 2016ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-173491Unfair labor practiceApr 2016May 2016ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-129636Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Dec 2014ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-125301Unfair labor practiceMar 2014Oct 2014ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-CA-090741Unfair labor practiceOct 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-CA-090362Unfair labor practiceOct 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-CA-023976Unfair labor practiceMar 2011Apr 2011ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-CA-023523Unfair labor practiceSep 2009Nov 2009ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
26-CA-023391Unfair labor practiceApr 2009Oct 2009ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. 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
2018-07-19Referral0$0
2018-01-30Referral11$12,000
2008-12-22Monitoring0$0
2008-01-08Follow-up2520$44,100
2007-07-12Monitoring0$0
2005-10-27Complaint43$13,500
2004-03-02Planned1813$14,700
2004-03-02Planned44$5,625

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, INC. 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 locations under this parent

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, 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 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.

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Frequently asked

What is EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 52 violations and $89,925 in total penalties.
How does EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. operates in the storage battery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.8.