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KAISER ALUMINUM

600 KAISER DRIVE, HEATH, OH, 43056
Operated by KAISER ALUMINUM CORP · 1 of 34 establishments
331313Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production
EIN 562553178

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OSHA inspections
5
over 12 years
Violations
7
$23,857 in penalties
Penalties
$23,857
$3,408 avg
Violations across 2 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

KAISER ALUMINUM has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $23,857 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 49th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 71 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 71st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

KAISER ALUMINUM appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
5
0.4 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
7
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$23,857
$3,408 avg / violation
29% serious71% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $23,857 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1025 H0111$9,239Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.0179 L03 I11$7,000Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0179 F06 III11$5,000Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111$2,618Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.1025 L01 II11Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.1025 L01 I11Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.0179 N03 XI11Feb 2014Feb 2014

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

49th

Below average violations in NAICS 3313 within OH. Peer group: 71 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 9.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
74th
peer median: $8,760
Inspection frequency
71st
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
0.9
vs industry
−0.4
TRIR
1.4
vs industry
−0.7

Reported for 190 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
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
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

Complaint
4

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 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.

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
Jul 22, 2022Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.Arm(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
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 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 KAISER ALUMINUM. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for KAISER ALUMINUM CORP, not this location alone

Total cases
11
Unfair labor practice
11

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 KAISER ALUMINUM CORP 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.). 11 cases · 11 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-307006Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Dec 2023ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-304995Unfair labor practiceOct 2022Mar 2023ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-304400Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-301946Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-285652Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Nov 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-248118Unfair labor practiceSep 2019Feb 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-247948Unfair labor practiceSep 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-189177Unfair labor practiceDec 2016Jan 2017ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-186868Unfair labor practiceOct 2016Nov 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-125528Unfair labor practiceMar 2014May 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-119889Unfair labor practiceJan 2014Mar 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

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 KAISER ALUMINUM. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
0

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
KAISER ALUMINUM
600 KAISER DR · HEATH, OH, 43056
AirRCRATRINo Violation Identified30Aug 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 KAISER ALUMINUM. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$706K
Awards (all-time)
13

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-11-16Complaint0$0
2018-03-21Complaint3$9,239
2015-08-13Complaint11$2,618
2014-11-25Complaint0$0
2013-10-25Unprogrammed Related31$12,000

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

KAISER ALUMINUM is one of 34 establishments rolled up under the parent organization KAISER ALUMINUM CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of KAISER ALUMINUM CORP across all 34 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in alumina refining and primary aluminum production within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by KAISER ALUMINUM CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KAISER ALUMINUM 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 KAISER ALUMINUM CORP, which operates 34 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 KAISER ALUMINUM's OSHA violation history?
KAISER ALUMINUM has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $23,857 in total penalties.
How does KAISER ALUMINUM's safety record compare to its industry?
KAISER ALUMINUM operates in the alumina refining and primary aluminum production industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1. KAISER ALUMINUM's self-reported DART rate is 0.94 compared to an industry average of 1.3.