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Croda, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Mill Hall, Pennsylvania · Surface Active Agent Manufacturing · NAICS 325613

6inspections
23citation items
$10,211current penalties
Oct 25, 2022last inspection

Croda, Inc. has 6 OSHA inspections on record in Pennsylvania, the first in 1988.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 25, 2022 on a referral, in Mill Hall.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 23 citation items: 4 serious and 19 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $10,911 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,211, down 6%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.119, process safety management (17 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Croda, Inc. averages $6,261 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Croda, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Croda, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1988 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346303241 OPENED OCT 25, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 175 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 2023

8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(b) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$6,261$6,261Apr 17, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ii) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 17, 2023Final

Inspection 307921338 OPENED JUL 26, 2006Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2006

8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 307914655 OPENED APR 29, 2005Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 120 employees at the site · Closed Jun 16, 2005

8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 106469083 OPENED MAY 6, 1997Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 80 employees at the site · Closed Jan 14, 1998

8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · Surface Active Agent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$1,375$1,375Sep 16, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$825$825Sep 16, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$0$0Sep 16, 1997Closed

Inspection 17621400 OPENED MAY 9, 1994Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Dec 1, 1994

8 Croda Way, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1047(h)(2) · Ethylene oxide
Serious$2,450$1,750Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ia) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ib) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ic) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(id) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ie) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(if) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ig) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 8
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iia) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 9
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iib) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 10
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iiia) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 11
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iiib) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 12
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iiic) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 13
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iiid) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 14
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iiie) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 15
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iv) · Process safety management
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 16
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 18
29 CFR 1910.1047(k)(2)(ii) · Ethylene oxide
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 7, 1994Closed

Inspection 766352 OPENED OCT 5, 1988Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 31 employees at the site · Closed Feb 14, 1990

Draketown Road, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Mill Hall site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 163 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 58 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Croda Inc. Mill Hall Facility
Mill Hall · 2025
163 322.01.7
Croda Mill Hall
Mill Hall · 2022
174 513.11.7

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Aug 24, 2018, Mill Hall: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple face locations

On August 24, 2018, an employee was bleeding out a line carrying cetyl 16-18 fatty alcohol. The material was frozen in the line; when the employee opened the bleeder valve, the hose blew off and struck him in the face. He suffered fractures of the hard palate and nasal spine and a lacerated gumline that required stitches.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1047 · Ethylene oxide

29 CFR 1910.1047(k)(2)(ii)

(ii) This record shall include at least the following information:

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(b)

(B) Normal operations;

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ia)

(A) Initial startup;

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other surface active agent manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania

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