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GELITA USA INC.

2445 PORT NEAL INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SERGEANT BLUFF, IA, 51054
Operated by GELITA USA Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
325520Adhesive Manufacturing
EIN 221962146

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OSHA inspections
1
over 21 years
Violations
1
$1,275 in penalties
Penalties
$1,275
$1,275 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

GELITA USA INC. has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 1 inspection over 21 years of recorded history, with $1,275 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 10th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 11 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

GELITA USA INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
1
0.0 / yr · last 21 yrs
Violations
1
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$1,275
$1,275 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $1,275 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0038 F0311$1,275Aug 2010Aug 2010

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

10th

Fewer violations than most other employers in NAICS 3255 within IA. Peer group: 11 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
20th
peer median: $4,856
Inspection frequency
0th
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
3.5
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
3.5
vs industry
+1.1

Reported for 285 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.5
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

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 GELITA USA INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$7,013
Employees affected
1

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 · 1 violation · $7,013 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Feb 2005111$7,013

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 · 1 violations · $7,013 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2004 – Feb 2005Petrochemical ManufacturingFMLA11$7,013

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 GELITA USA INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IA — for GELITA USA Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
7
Unfair labor practice
5
Representation (union)
2

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 GELITA USA Inc 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.). 7 cases · 5 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-019679Unfair labor practiceFeb 2011Mar 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-019565Unfair labor practiceOct 2010May 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-019478Unfair labor practiceJun 2010May 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-019458Unfair labor practiceJun 2010May 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RD-002690Representation electionOct 2009Feb 2010ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018406Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jul 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RC-017500Representation electionApr 2007May 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 GELITA USA INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
3
Formal actions
1

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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
GELITA USA, INC.
2445 PORT NEAL INDUSTRIAL ROAD · SERGEANT BLUFF, IA, 51054
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 3
21Jun 2023View →
GELITA USA
2445 PORT NEAL INDUSTRIAL ROAD · SERGEANT BLUFF, IA, 51054
00View →

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 GELITA USA INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$74K
Awards
8
Top agency
Department of Homeland Security
$69K
Company-wide — GELITA AG (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$74K
Awards (all-time)
8

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Homeland Security$69K
Department of Defense$5K
Largest awards
  • Department of Homeland Security
    FOR AMMUNITION AND PISTOL TESTING.
    contract · Last action 2011-04-06
    $25,451
  • Department of Homeland Security
    PURCHASE 250 BLOOM TYPE A BALLISTIC GELATIN
    contract · Last action 2017-05-31
    $21,095
  • Department of Homeland Security
    FOR AMMUNITION AND PISTOL TESTING.
    contract · Last action 2011-10-25
    $12,805
  • Department of Homeland Security
    1750 LBS OF 250 BLOOM TYPE A BALLISTIC ORDNANCE GELATIN.
    contract · Last action 2013-10-31
    $9,242
  • Department of Defense
    250 BLOOM TYPE GELA
    contract · Last action 2008-04-01
    $5,140
  • Department of Homeland Security
    ORDNANCE GELATIN
    contract · Last action 2021-04-20
    $0
  • Department of Homeland Security
    GELATIN FOR AMMUNITION TESTING
    contract · Last action 2017-05-31
    $0
  • Department of Homeland Security
    BALLASTIC GELATIN TYPE A
    contract · Last action 2017-05-31
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325998 - ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2021-04-20. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2010-07-16Complaint1$1,275

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

GELITA USA INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization GELITA USA Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of GELITA USA Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in adhesive manufacturing within IA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by GELITA USA Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GELITA USA 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 GELITA USA Inc, which operates 2 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 GELITA USA INC.'s OSHA violation history?
GELITA USA INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 1 violation and $1,275 in total penalties.
How does GELITA USA INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
GELITA USA INC. operates in the adhesive manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. GELITA USA INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.48 compared to an industry average of 1.5.