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MERCK & CO., INC.

126 E. LINCOLN AVE., RAHWAY, NJ, 07065
Operated by Merck & Co., Inc · 1 of 29 establishments
325412Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
EIN 221261880

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OSHA inspections
37
over 53 years
Violations
19
$11,155 in penalties
Penalties
$11,155
$587 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

MERCK & CO., INC. has accumulated 19 OSHA violations across 37 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $11,155 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 180 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MERCK & CO., 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
37
0.7 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
19
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$11,155
$587 avg / violation
26% serious74% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
23 of 37
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 37

22% 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 19 citations in this view · $11,155 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 IV21Aug 1978Aug 1978
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$2,250Jan 1995Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$2,250Jan 1995Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,875Jul 2009Jul 2009
29 CFR 1910.0178 O0111$1,500Nov 2010Nov 2010
29 CFR 1926.0550 A15 I11$1,000Mar 1989Mar 1989
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$900Jan 1995Jan 1995
29 CFR 1910.0213 D0111$480Aug 1978Aug 1978
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$480Aug 1978Aug 1978
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$420Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11Jul 2009Jul 2009
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11Mar 1989Mar 1989
29 CFR 1910.0134 E05 I11Feb 1979Feb 1979
29 CFR 1910.0141 G0311Oct 1978Oct 1978
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0311Aug 1978Aug 1978
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I11Aug 1978Aug 1978
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0911Aug 1978Aug 1978

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3254 within NJ. Peer group: 180 employers. This establishment has 19 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
79th
peer median: $1,838
Inspection frequency
100th
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
0.2
vs industry
−0.7
TRIR
0.3
vs industry
−1.1

Reported for 8,702 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
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.3
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
6
Complaint
23
Accident
2
Referral
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) · Feb 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

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
Feb 1, 2017Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle partFoot (feet), 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
10 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 MERCK & CO., INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MERCK & CO., INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for Merck & Co., Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
18
Unfair labor practice
18

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 Merck & Co., 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.). 18 cases · 18 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
22-CA-284246Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Nov 2021ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-168182Unfair labor practiceJan 2016Feb 2016ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-090990Unfair labor practiceOct 2012Jun 2013ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-088191Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Nov 2012ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-087910Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Nov 2012ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-087166Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Nov 2012ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-068504Unfair labor practiceNov 2011Dec 2011ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-067080Unfair labor practiceOct 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029944Unfair labor practiceApr 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029924Unfair labor practiceApr 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029863Unfair labor practiceFeb 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029822Unfair labor practiceFeb 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029664Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Apr 2014ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029362Unfair labor practiceMar 2010May 2012ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-029228Unfair labor practiceNov 2009May 2010ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-028333Unfair labor practiceApr 2008Jun 2009ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-027950Unfair labor practiceMay 2007Jul 2007ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-027856Unfair labor practiceMar 2007Apr 2007ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 MERCK & CO., INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MERCK & CO., INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$0
Disposition
NP
Crime type
FDCA / Pharma

First case: 2011-11-07. Most recent: 2011-11-07. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — MERCK & CO., INC. (across 9 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.0B
Obligated (all-time)
$18.6B
Awards (all-time)
822

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
2016-03-08Complaint0$0
2010-08-25Complaint1$1,500
2009-04-17Complaint2$1,875
2002-04-24Complaint0$0
2001-10-24Complaint0$0
2000-09-11Referral0$0
1999-01-21Referral0$0
1994-09-20Referral32$5,400
1991-01-08Complaint0$0
1990-01-08Complaint0$0
1988-10-26Complaint0$0
1988-10-26Complaint2$1,000
1988-02-05Complaint0$0
1987-04-27Complaint0$0
1986-09-29Planned0$0
1986-09-29Planned0$0
1985-08-21Referral0$0
1982-10-04Complaint0$0
1982-03-19Complaint0$0
1981-06-01Planned0$0
1980-07-15Complaint0$0
1979-01-26Planned1$0
1978-10-17Follow-up0$0
1978-09-29Complaint1$0
1978-09-29Follow-up0$0
1978-09-08Complaint21$420
1978-07-26Planned72$960
1978-05-18Complaint0$0
1978-04-18Complaint0$0
1978-03-14Planned0$0
1978-03-14Complaint0$0
1977-07-07Complaint0$0
1977-05-11Complaint0$0
1977-02-10Complaint0$0
1976-12-06Complaint0$0
1975-09-17Accident0$0
1973-05-14Accident0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MERCK & CO., INC. is one of 29 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Merck & Co., Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Merck & Co., Inc across all 29 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MERCK & CO., 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 Merck & Co., Inc, which operates 29 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 MERCK & CO., INC.'s OSHA violation history?
MERCK & CO., INC. has 37 OSHA inspections on record with 19 violations and $11,155 in total penalties.
How does MERCK & CO., INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
MERCK & CO., INC. operates in the pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. MERCK & CO., INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.18 compared to an industry average of 0.9.
Has MERCK & CO., INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving MERCK & CO., INC..