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Chemical Manufacturing
NAICS subsector 325. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) accounts for 7,593 OSHA inspections since 2016, 1% of all inspections, with $52M in current penalties ($6,783 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 737, with $14M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 12,016 labor condition applications and 2,599 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
5,234 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, below the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 0.9 (quartiles 0.0–3.1).
All employers in this subsector
All employers in Chemical Manufacturing: 1,406 records. The A to Z list names every employer in the subsector that has a page.
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OSHA inspections and citations
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
| Measure | NAICS 325 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $6,783 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 1% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 1,733 |
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 1,517 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 1,442 |
| 1910.119 | Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals | 1,285 |
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 650 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 627 |
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 600 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 411 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 379 |
| 1910.106 | Flammable liquids | 358 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Poly-America | Grand Prairie | 14 |
| Royal Oak Enterprises | Mountain View | 13 |
| Two Rivers Terminal | Pasco | 13 |
| Bio-Gro, Inc. | Mabton | 12 |
| Custom Processing Services, LLC. | East Greenville | 12 |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Nederland | 12 |
| Celanese Acetate, LLC | Narrows | 11 |
| Cul-Mac Industries, LLC | Wayne | 11 |
| Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas | Point Comfort | 11 |
| Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC | Kingman | 11 |
| H.B. Fuller Company | Northbrook | 11 |
| Hiwassee Packaging, Inc. | Dayton | 11 |
| Ultra-Poly Corporation | Bloomsburg | 11 |
| Bae Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc. | Radford | 10 |
| Eftec North America | Taylor | 10 |
| SNF Holding Company | Riceboro | 10 |
| Hasa Inc. | Saugus | 9 |
| Peninsula Plastics Recycling, Inc. | Turlock | 9 |
| Plaid Enterprises, Inc. | Decatur | 9 |
| Pyrotechnic Specialties Inc. | Byron | 9 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Injuries Form 300A summaries
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers.
Injury-rate distribution, 2025
Total recordable case rates across 4,780 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 5,234 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,629 | 942,898 | 13,055 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 5,392 | 803,407 | 11,692 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 5,234 | 1,110,285 | 10,507 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Labor Wage and Hour Division
Concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 12,906 | $12M |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 172 | $321K |
| H-2B provisions | 112 | $292K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 2,894 | $211K |
| Service Contract Act | 117 | $180K |
| H-1B provisions | 38 | $149K |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 1 | $2,530 |
| Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act | 1 | $32 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 58 | $0 |
| Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act | 124 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| The Dow Chemical Company | Nederland | $1,341,016 |
| Ecolab | Greensboro | $424,769 |
| Emerald Performance Materials, LLC | Akron | $241,308 |
| Shield Packaging Co, Inc. | Dudley | $236,115 |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Allentown | $184,285 |
| Diversified Manufacturing Corporation | Prescott | $139,815 |
| Eastman Chemical Company | Kingsport | $115,939 |
| Arkema Inc. | King of Prussia | $96,236 |
| Asi Staffing Group Corp. | Dudley | $73,518 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | Waco | $58,996 |
| Niowave Inc | Lansing | $46,049 |
| Be Active Corp. | Brooklyn | $43,337 |
| Multisorb Technologies, Inc. | Buffalo | $36,153 |
| Sika Corporation | Lyndhurst | $34,788 |
| Robinson Pharma, Inc. | Santa Ana | $32,229 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Immigration OFLC labor condition applications and PERM
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B applications by fiscal year
PERM applications by fiscal year
Employers with the most H-1B applications
| Employer | City | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly and Company | Indianapolis | 833 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Princeton | 441 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Foster City | 441 |
| AbbVie Inc. | North Chicago | 403 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Wilmington | 236 |
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | Cambridge | 225 |
| Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | Burlington | 206 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | East Hanover | 189 |
| Zoetis, Inc. | Parsippany | 185 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Chicago | 179 |
| Biogen Inc. | Cambridge | 161 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Chicago | 158 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | Morristown | 156 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | Cleveland | 137 |
| Pfizer Inc. | New York | 129 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
Which employers in Chemical Manufacturing have the most OSHA inspections?
Poly-America (14), Royal Oak Enterprises (13), Two Rivers Terminal (13)
What is the injury rate in Chemical Manufacturing?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 1.4 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 0.9 with quartiles 0.0 to 3.1.
How many H-1B applications come from Chemical Manufacturing?
12,016 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 2,599 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Chemical Manufacturing?
$13,557,560 agreed to pay across 737 concluded cases since fiscal year 2005.
Industry is the NAICS code on each record (the most common code where an employer's sources differ), grouped at the three-digit subsector. Sources: DOL enforcement data, OSHA ITA, OFLC disclosure data; see data sources and methodology.