Establishment profile
POLYSCIENCES, INC.
400 VALLEY ROAD, WARRINGTON, PA, 18976
325110 — Petrochemical Manufacturing
EIN 232739647
Summary
POLYSCIENCES, INC. has accumulated 70 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $10,578 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 123 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
POLYSCIENCES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 26 citations in this view · $10,578 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVD | 3 | 3 | $2,085 | Jan 1982 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 3 | 3 | $40 | Jan 1982 | Sep 1999 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II | 2 | 2 | $1,925 | Nov 1989 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 2 | 2 | — | Feb 1982 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D02 | 1 | 1 | $2,898 | Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1004 C | 1 | 1 | $950 | Apr 1976 | Apr 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1015 C | 1 | 1 | $950 | Apr 1976 | Apr 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 F05 | 1 | 1 | $390 | Sep 1989 | Sep 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $280 | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | $280 | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E03 | 1 | 1 | $200 | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $200 | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVC | 1 | 1 | $160 | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $150 | Sep 1989 | Sep 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 IV | 1 | 1 | $70 | Apr 1976 | Apr 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 II | 1 | 1 | — | May 2004 | May 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1999 | Sep 1999 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 F02 II | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E05 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0005 C | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1989 | Nov 1989 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3251 within PA. Peer group: 123 employers. This establishment has 70 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 147 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
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- 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) · Apr 2019
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2019 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2019 | Blade,Finger,Laceration,Mixer Blade,Pump | 1 | — | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
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)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for POLYSCIENCES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for POLYSCIENCES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for POLYSCIENCES, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
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). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POLYSCIENCES INC 400 VALLEY RD · WARRINGTON, PA, 18976 | RCRATRI | No Violation Identified | 3 | 0 | — | Mar 2026 | View → |
POLYSCIENCES INC 1760 COSTNER CIR · WARRINGTON, PA, 18976 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Oct 1992 | View → |
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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325998 - ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2025-09-18. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-02 | Referral | 1 | — | $2,898 | |
| 2018-06-29 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2004-04-15 | Referral | 3 | 3 | $3,850 | |
| 1999-08-17 | Complaint | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1989-08-02 | Complaint | 6 | 3 | $540 | |
| 1989-08-02 | Complaint | 19 | 12 | $1,320 | |
| 1981-10-22 | Complaint | 5 | — | $0 | |
| 1977-01-24 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-06-23 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-03-30 | Complaint | 33 | 1 | $1,970 | |
| 1973-10-11 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in petrochemical manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- NORQUAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.CHESTER — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on POLYSCIENCES, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is POLYSCIENCES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- POLYSCIENCES, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 70 violations and $10,578 in total penalties.
- How does POLYSCIENCES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- POLYSCIENCES, INC. operates in the petrochemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.5. POLYSCIENCES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.93 compared to an industry average of 0.3.