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SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION

100 WURTS ROAD, WURTLAND, KY, 41144
Operated by Sun Chemical · 1 of 32 establishments
238140Masonry Contractors

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OSHA inspections
4
over 15 years
Violations
27
$73,075 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION has accumulated 27 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 15 years of recorded history, with $73,075 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 4,085 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 14 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
4
0.3 / yr · last 15 yrs
Violations
27
1.8 / yr
Penalties
$73,075
$2,706 avg / violation
67% serious33% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 4

75% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $73,075 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0111$7,000Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0333 A0211$7,000Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$7,000Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0333 C0211$7,000Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0137 B02 VIII11$7,000Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$4,410Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I11$4,250Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0111$3,213Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0411$3,213Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0111$3,213Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 2031.00211$2,678Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0146 D04 VII11$2,678Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111$2,678Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0146 K01 I11$2,678Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 2018.003 B11$2,678Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,607Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$1,607Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0138 B11$1,607Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0160 C0111$1,034Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1904.0031 A11$536Sep 2011Sep 2011

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 2381 within KY. Peer group: 4,085 employers. This establishment has 27 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,500
Inspection frequency
99th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
4.1
vs industry
+2.2

Reported for 27 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.1
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
4

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 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 14+ years. Most recent activity: 14 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 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in KY — for Sun Chemical, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 Sun Chemical 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
09-CA-078823Unfair labor practiceApr 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
09-CA-071412Unfair labor practiceDec 2011Jun 2012ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

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 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. 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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SUN CHEMICAL CORP
100 WURTS RD · WURTLAND, KY, 41144
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Aug 2011View →

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 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2011-09-30Complaint0$0
2011-04-27Complaint2113$38,075
2011-04-26Complaint1$0
2011-04-26Complaint55$35,000

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION is one of 32 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Sun Chemical.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Sun Chemical across all 32 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in masonry contractors within KY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Sun Chemical, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 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 Sun Chemical, which operates 32 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 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 27 violations and $73,075 in total penalties.
How does SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION operates in the masonry contractors industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.5.