Establishment profile
STEPAN COMPANY
22500 WEST MILLSDALE ROAD, ELWOOD, IL, 60421
Operated by STEPAN CO · 1 of 7 establishments
325199 — All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
EIN 361823834
Summary
STEPAN COMPANY has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $18,200 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 84th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 118 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 87th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
STEPAN COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 11 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $18,200 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 C01 | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | Dec 2007 | Dec 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1926.0025 C | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | Aug 1998 | Aug 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0165 B01 | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 I | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C08 II | 1 | 1 | $1,900 | Aug 1994 | Aug 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0165 D02 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0165 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 K01 II | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2014 | Feb 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G02 | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1986 | Mar 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F01 | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1986 | Mar 1986 |
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 most other employers in NAICS 3251 within IL. Peer group: 118 employers. This establishment has 11 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 109 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) · Jul 2021 – Jul 2025
Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat unspecified
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2025 | Exposure to environmental heat unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized | |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Fall on same level, unspecified | Elbow(s) and arms(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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2007 | CHEMICAL REACTION,CHEMICAL BURN,PIPE,CHEMICAL | 8 | — | — |
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 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 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 STEPAN COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for STEPAN COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for STEPAN CO, not this location alone
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 STEPAN CO 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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-CA-176588 | Unfair labor practice | May 2016 | Jun 2016 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
| 13-CA-175253 | Unfair labor practice | May 2016 | May 2016 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
| 13-CA-171399 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
| 13-CA-046158 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2010 | Sep 2010 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
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 STEPAN COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
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 · $409,685 in assessed penalties.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STEPAN COMPANY 22500 WEST MILLSDALE ROAD · ELWOOD, IL, 60421 | AirWaterRCRATRI | Violation Identified QNCR 12 | 5 | 5 | $409,685 | Jan 2024 | 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.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for STEPAN COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-05 | Referral | 6 | 6 | $5,000 | |
| 2007-06-21 | Accident | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | |
| 1998-07-20 | Complaint | 1 | — | $5,000 | |
| 1994-07-18 | Complaint | 1 | — | $1,900 | |
| 1985-11-26 | Planned | 2 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
STEPAN COMPANY is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization STEPAN CO.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of STEPAN CO across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
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Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by STEPAN CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- STEPAN COMPANYWINDER, GA — 2 federal enforcement records
- STEPAN COMPANYMAYWOOD, NJ — 2 federal enforcement records
- STEPAN COMPANYMARLTON, NJ — 2 federal enforcement records
- STEPAN COMPANYNORTHFIELD, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- STEPAN COMPANYANAHEIM, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All STEPAN CO locationsParent rollup
- All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- All Other Basic in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on STEPAN 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 STEPAN CO, which operates 7 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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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is STEPAN COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
- STEPAN COMPANY has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $18,200 in total penalties.
- How does STEPAN COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
- STEPAN COMPANY operates in the all other basic organic chemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. STEPAN COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.8.