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THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

2301 N. BRAZOSPORT BLVD, FREEPORT, TX, 77541
Operated by Dow Chemical · 1 of 140 establishments
325110Petrochemical Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
10
over 30 years
Violations
6
$35,782 in penalties
Penalties
$35,782
$5,964 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 hospitalizations · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $35,782 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 254 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 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
10
0.3 / yr · last 30 yrs
Violations
6
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$35,782
$5,964 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 10
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 10

20% 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. 6 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $35,782 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0411$12,891Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$12,891Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.0141 B02 II11$5,000Jun 1998Jun 1998
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111$5,000Jun 1998Jun 1998
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0111Apr 2023Apr 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11Jun 1998Jun 1998

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

74th

Above average violations in NAICS 3251 within TX. Peer group: 254 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $4,325
Inspection frequency
98th
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
−0.3
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−0.5

Reported for 150 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
0.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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

Planned
1
Accident
1
Referral
3

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 2017

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

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
Apr 12, 2017Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueMultiple body parts, n.e.c.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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Apr 13, 2017Abdomen,Chemical,Chemical Burn,Leak,Leg11
May 23, 1996BURN,MAINTENANCE,HATCH,CLOGGED,CHEMICAL REACTION,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE,HIGH TEMPERATURE,HOPPER,WATERFatality211

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
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
3
Back wages owed
$1,341,015
Employees affected
1,778

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 · 1,781 violations · $1,341,015 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJun 2007 – Aug 202031,7811,778$1,341,015

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. 3 cases · 1,781 violations · $1,341,015 in backwages · 1,778 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2020All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingFLSA494493$479,368
Jul 2005 – Jun 2007All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingFLSA649648$221,615
Jul 2005 – Jun 2007All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingFLSA638637$640,033

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 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TX — for Dow Chemical, not this location alone

Total cases
5
Unfair labor practice
5

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 Dow 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.). 5 cases · 5 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
16-CA-027243Unfair labor practiceJan 2010Apr 2010ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-027192Unfair labor practiceDec 2009Jan 2010ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-022059Unfair labor practiceJul 2002Oct 2002ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-021833Unfair labor practiceApr 2002Aug 2002ClosedRegion 16, Fort Worth, Texas
16-CA-021503Unfair labor practiceOct 2001Dec 2002ClosedRegion 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 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE (across 14 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$42.0M
Awards (all-time)
60

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
2022-10-31Unprogrammed Related0$0
2022-10-31Referral3$25,782
2017-04-17Referral0$0
2016-07-05Unprogrammed Related0$0
2016-05-20Unprogrammed Related0$0
2015-07-07Unprogrammed Related0$0
2015-01-23Programmed Related0$0
1998-03-04Referral33$10,000
1996-06-18Unprogrammed Related0$0
1996-05-29Accident0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY is one of 140 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Dow Chemical.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Dow Chemical across all 140 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on THE DOW CHEMICAL 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 Dow Chemical, which operates 140 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $35,782 in total penalties.
How does THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY operates in the petrochemical manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.5. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.3.
Has THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY.