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PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY

3601 UNION ROAD, HOLLISTER, CA, 95023
Operated by Parker-Hannifin Corp · 1 of 28 establishments
325920Explosives Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
12
over 27 years
Violations
44
$305,380 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 5 hospitalizations · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY has accumulated 44 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 27 years of recorded history, with $305,380 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 154 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
12
0.4 / yr · last 27 yrs
Violations
44
1.6 / yr
Penalties
$305,380
$6,940 avg / violation
36% serious64% other
Inspection trigger · accident
7 of 12
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 12

92% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 24 citations in this view · $293,700 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5189 E0133$7,900Aug 1999Jun 2007
3383 B22$9,675Aug 1999Jun 2007
3384 A22$7,050Aug 1999Jun 2007
5328(J)11$73,000May 2017May 2017
5189 F01 B11$45,000Aug 1999Aug 1999
5329(A)11$25,000May 2017May 2017
5329(B)11$25,000May 2017May 2017
5329(L)11$25,000May 2017May 2017
5189(F)(1)(C)111$18,000Jan 2016Jan 2016
5189 F01 A211$9,000Jun 2007Jun 2007
5162 B11$7,000Aug 1999Aug 1999
5189 D11$7,000Aug 1999Aug 1999
5329 E11$7,000Aug 1999Aug 1999
3382 A11$6,300Aug 1999Aug 1999
5189 F0211$5,400Apr 2008Apr 2008
5162(C)11$5,000Jan 2016Jan 2016
3203(A)(4)(B)11$5,000Jan 2016Jan 2016
5189 F01 A11$2,500Apr 2008Apr 2008
5189(F)(1)(A)11$2,000May 2017May 2017
5328 H11$1,875Dec 1999Dec 1999

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3259 within CA. Peer group: 154 employers. This establishment has 44 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,060
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
1.7
vs industry
+0.5
TRIR
2.3
vs industry
+0.3

Reported for 455 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
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.3
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

Complaint
3
Accident
7
Referral
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 PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 17, 2020Infectious DiseaseFatality11
Dec 15, 2007BURN,FRACTURE,EXPLOSIVES,WORK RULES,FIRE,NOSE,EXPLOSION,ARM,FACE,PYROTECHNICS11
Feb 8, 2007BURN,EXPLOSIVES,EXPLOSIVE MIXING,EXPLOSION,LACERATION,WRIST11
Sep 6, 2005AMPUTATED,FINGER,MACHINE OPERATOR,STRUCK BY,UNGUARDED11
Jun 7, 1999JAMMED,EXPLOSION,ABRASION,POWDER,HAND11
Feb 11, 1999BURN,HEAT,EXPLOSIVES,EXPLOSIVE MIXING,EXPLOSION,CHEMICALFatality211

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
5 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 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 PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. 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 PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY
2751 SAN JUAN HOLLISTER ROAD · HOLLISTER, CA, 95023
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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 PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DANAHER CORPORATION (across 179 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$938.1M
Obligated (all-time)
$3.8B
Awards (all-time)
80,748

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
2021-01-07Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2017-04-21Referral5$745
2016-12-02Accident54$150,000
2015-07-13Accident41$29,000
2008-03-20Complaint3$1,085
2007-12-26Accident21$7,900
2007-02-08Accident52$20,250
2005-09-19Accident1$750
2004-09-22Complaint1$375
2004-02-17Complaint2$300
1999-06-14Accident22$3,750
1999-02-17Accident146$91,225

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY is one of 28 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Parker-Hannifin Corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Parker-Hannifin Corp across all 28 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY 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 Parker-Hannifin Corp, which operates 28 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 PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 44 violations and $305,380 in total penalties.
How does PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY operates in the explosives manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2. PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 1.68 compared to an industry average of 1.2.
Has PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY.