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PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY

8189 OLD OCEAN FM 524, OLD OCEAN, TX, 77463
Operated by Phillips 66 · 1 of 169 establishments
324110Petroleum Refineries

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OSHA inspections
1
over 6 years
Violations
1
$13,494 in penalties
Penalties
$13,494
$13,494 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations

Summary

PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 1 inspection over 6 years of recorded history, with $13,494 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 43rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 230 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.2 / yr · last 6 yrs
Violations
1
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$13,494
$13,494 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · referral
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 · $13,494 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D05 I11$13,494Jun 2020Jun 2020

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

43rd

Below average violations in NAICS 3241 within TX. Peer group: 230 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
72nd
peer median: $2,000
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
0.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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

Referral
1

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) · Jan 2020 – Sep 2020 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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
Sep 30, 2020Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicleAnkle(s)Hospitalized
Jan 15, 2020Contact with hot objects or substancesShoulder(s) and backHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 15, 2020Back,Burn,Chemical,Chemical Vapor,Column,Distiller,Gas,Heat,High Temperature,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Pressure,Refinery,Shoulder,Steam,Struck By,Venting11

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
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 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 PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TX — for Phillips 66, not this location alone

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
7
Representation (union)
1

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 Phillips 66 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.). 8 cases · 7 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
16-CA-341654Unfair labor practiceMay 2024May 2024ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-341493Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Aug 2025ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-341463Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Apr 2026ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-205089Unfair labor practiceAug 2017Jul 2018ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-205079Unfair labor practiceAug 2017Jul 2018ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-199218Unfair labor practiceMay 2017Dec 2017ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-187952Unfair labor practiceNov 2016Jan 2017ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-RC-087513Representation electionAug 2012Oct 2012ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas

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 PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
11
Quarters non-compliant
12
Formal actions
11
EPA penalties
$532,006

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: 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 · $532,006 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
PHILLIPS 66 CO - SWEENY REFINERY
8189 OLD FM 524 · OLD OCEAN, TX, 77463
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 12
1111$532,006Jul 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

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$8.0M
Disposition
DP
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2026-01-20. Most recent: 2026-01-20. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — PHILLIPS 66 (across 4 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.5B
Obligated (all-time)
$4.1B
Awards (all-time)
4,291

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
2020-01-23Referral11$13,494

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY is one of 169 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Phillips 66.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Phillips 66 across all 169 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in petroleum refineries within TX, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Phillips 66, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY 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 Phillips 66, which operates 169 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 PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY's OSHA violation history?
PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 1 violation and $13,494 in total penalties.
How does PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY's safety record compare to its industry?
PHILLIPS 66 SWEENY REFINERY operates in the petroleum refineries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4.