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WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP

36045 HIGHWAY 30, GEISMAR, LA, 70734
Operated by WESTLAKE CORP · 1 of 22 establishments
325211Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 14 years
Violations
15
$58,794 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP has accumulated 15 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 14 years of recorded history, with $58,794 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 25 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 75th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.3 / yr · last 14 yrs
Violations
15
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$58,794
$3,920 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 4

75% 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. 15 distinct standards shown · 15 citations in this view · $58,794 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$13,494Sep 2020Sep 2020
5A000111$7,000Nov 2014Nov 2014
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I D11$6,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 I D11$6,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 I11$6,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0111$6,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0511$6,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I B11$5,550Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 VI11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 III B11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 IV11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 V11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 III11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11Sep 2012Sep 2012
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I F11Sep 2012Sep 2012

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

88th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3252 within LA. Peer group: 25 employers. This establishment has 15 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $11,500
Inspection frequency
75th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−1.1
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.9

Reported for 206 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
1.1
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

Referral
1

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) · Oct 2015 – Jul 2018

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
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
Jul 17, 2018Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Oct 19, 2015Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueWrist(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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Mar 29, 2020Head,Installing,Reactor,Vessel--ContainerFatality11

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
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 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 WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
WESTLAKE VINYLS CO LP
36045 HWY 30 · GEISMAR, LA, 70734
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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 WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-03-30Fatality/Catastrophe1$13,494
2019-03-04Other0$0
2014-06-04Unprogrammed Other1$7,000
2012-03-22Referral1312$38,300

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP is one of 22 establishments rolled up under the parent organization WESTLAKE CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of WESTLAKE CORP across all 22 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in plastics material and resin manufacturing within LA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by WESTLAKE CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP 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 WESTLAKE CORP, which operates 22 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 WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP's OSHA violation history?
WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 15 violations and $58,794 in total penalties.
How does WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP's safety record compare to its industry?
WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP operates in the plastics material and resin manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.1.
Has WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP.