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HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.

114 N. MAIN STREET, COTTAGE GROVE, WI, 53527
Operated by Hydrite Chemical Co · 1 of 14 establishments
325199All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
EIN 390364390

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OSHA inspections
7
over 40 years
Violations
21
$52,025 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. has accumulated 21 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $52,025 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 44 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in 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
7
0.2 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
21
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$52,025
$2,477 avg / violation
86% serious14% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 7
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 7

71% 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 · 21 citations in this view · $52,025 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$7,150Jan 1996Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0119 H02 II11$5,000Jan 1998Jan 1998
29 CFR 1910.0252 A03 I11$5,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0211$5,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0119 K0211$5,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0119 M0311$5,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0120 P08 I11$5,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II B11$4,100Sep 2016Sep 2016
29 CFR 1910.0184 C0911$4,100Sep 2016Sep 2016
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I11$3,300Sep 2016Sep 2016
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 V11$2,975Jun 2014Jun 2014
5A000111$250Feb 1986Feb 1986
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$150Feb 1986Feb 1986
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0311Sep 2016Sep 2016
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0211Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I B11Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0119 O0411Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 VIC11Jan 1998Jan 1998
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IV11Jan 1998Jan 1998
29 CFR 1904.000711Feb 1986Feb 1986

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3251 within WI. Peer group: 44 employers. This establishment has 21 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $6,056
Inspection frequency
95th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.4

Reported for 15 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
0.0
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
1
Complaint
2
Referral
2

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 HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
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 · 802 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Oct 20151802

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 · 802 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2013 – Oct 2015Petrochemical ManufacturingFMLA8021

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)

Company-level in WI — for Hydrite Chemical Co, not this location alone

Violations
1
Assessed penalties
$116

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Hydrite Chemical Co operations in the same state.

MSHA citations

Mine Safety and Health Administration citations. S&S (significant and substantial) marks violations that could reasonably contribute to a serious injury. Negligence rating is MSHA’s operator-culpability assessment (none, low, moderate, high, or reckless disregard). Proposed = assessed at issuance; Paid = post-settlement / appeal. 1 citation · 1 contractor · $116 proposed / $116 paid.

CitationMineDateSectionS&SNegligenceProposedPaid
8948269
Taylor Frac
Jackson, WI
contractor: Hydrite Chemical Co
Apr 2017NoModNegligence$116$116

Source: MSHA citation database. “Contractor” annotations indicate the cited party was on-site at the mine but not the mine’s operator -- responsibility attaches to the contractor LLC, not the mine’s owner. Section codes reference 30 CFR (the Mine Safety and Health regulations).

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
11
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Significant 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 · 1 significant noncompliance.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.
114 N MAIN ST · COTTAGE GROVE, WI, 53527
AirWaterRCRATRISignificant Violation
QNCR 12
110Jun 2025View →

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 HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-05-29Complaint0$0
2016-07-06Complaint44$11,500
2014-01-16Planned53$7,875
2004-08-18Unprogrammed Related0$0
1997-06-30Unprogrammed Related88$30,000
1995-11-19Referral11$2,250
1985-08-30Referral32$400

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. is one of 14 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Hydrite Chemical Co.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Hydrite Chemical Co across all 14 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 WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. 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 Hydrite Chemical Co, which operates 14 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 HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.'s OSHA violation history?
HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 21 violations and $52,025 in total penalties.
How does HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. operates in the all other basic organic chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.8.
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