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SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US

8505 S TEXAS RD, ANACORTES, WA, 98221
Operated by Shell plc · 1 of 136 establishments
324110Petroleum Refineries

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OSHA inspections
13
over 21 years
Violations
29
$125,100 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 21 years of recorded history, with $125,100 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 54 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
13
0.6 / yr · last 21 yrs
Violations
29
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$125,100
$4,314 avg / violation
72% serious28% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 13

62% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · $120,100 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 0670.00450133$19,500Sep 2008Jun 2012
29 CFR 0670.00170522$7,500Jun 2005Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00210522$6,500Oct 2007Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.0037060311$7,000Dec 2013Dec 2013
29 CFR 0670.00370211$6,600Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.003704 D11$6,600Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00250111$6,000Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 0670.00170611$5,500Jan 2011Jan 2011
29 CFR 0670.0037040311$5,500Jan 2011Jan 2011
29 CFR 0670.00090111$5,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00250211$5,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00450511$5,400Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 0670.00450311$5,400Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 0670.003302 B11$4,500Jul 2010Jul 2010
29 CFR 0670.00450411$4,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00210311$4,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.00370511$4,500Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 8063.003011$3,600Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 0670.002902 D11$3,000Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 8001.503011$3,000Jun 2008Jun 2008

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

89th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3241 within WA. Peer group: 54 employers. This establishment has 29 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $690
Inspection frequency
94th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. 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

Planned
1
Complaint
8
Referral
2

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 SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$225,679
Employees affected
251

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 252 violations · $225,679 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJan 20141252202$225,679

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 252 violations · $225,679 in backwages · 251 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014Support Activities for Oil and Gas OperationsFLSA252251$225,679

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WA — for Shell plc, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
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 Shell plc 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
19-CA-280733Unfair labor practiceJul 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 19, Seattle, Washington

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 SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SHELL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (across 13 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$-15169.5
Obligated (all-time)
$14.6B
Awards (all-time)
2,886

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
2015-01-08Complaint11$6,000
2013-06-10Complaint11$7,000
2013-03-29Referral0$0
2012-02-06Complaint0$0
2012-02-06Complaint33$17,800
2010-07-27Complaint33$16,500
2010-06-07Unprogrammed Related0$0
2010-02-09Complaint0$0
2009-04-20Unprogrammed Related0$0
2008-03-28Referral11$7,000
2007-12-11Planned159$63,500
2007-07-24Complaint11$1,000
2004-12-22Complaint42$6,300

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US is one of 136 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Shell plc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Shell plc across all 136 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Shell plc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US 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 Shell plc, which operates 136 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 SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US's OSHA violation history?
SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $125,100 in total penalties.
How does SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US's safety record compare to its industry?
SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US operates in the petroleum refineries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4.