OSHA has inspected Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC 4 times in Louisiana since 2017.
The latest one began on Jul 13, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in La Place.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $38,441 and now stand at $11,408, 70% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC averages $5,704 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 346831316 OPENED JUL 13, 2023Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Jul 24, 2024
560 Highway 44, La Place, LA 70068 · Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 13, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by train during flagging
At 9:00 a.m. on July 13, 2023, an employee working as a plant operator was performing flagman operations during railcar movement when she was struck by the rail car. The employee died as a result of crushing injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $15,625 | $0 | Jan 11, 2024 | Final |
Inspection 342515517 OPENED AUG 1, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 140 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2017
560 Highway 44, La Place, LA 70068 · Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 27, 2017: Employee falls through opening in grating and sustains fract
At 7:45 p.m. on July 27, 2017, Employee #1 was tagging the recovery column for entry. The employee fell through an opening in the grating while observing the recovery column. Employee #1 sustained a fracture to his skull, nose and neck, as well as nerve damage to the front of his face.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $11,408 | $11,408 | Oct 27, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $11,408 | $0 | Oct 27, 2017 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Oct 25, 2021, La Place: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder removing a pneumatic cylinder. He fell from the ladder, and on the way down his left side contacted a nearby brine pump. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung on the left side of his body.
Jul 27, 2017, La Place: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple head locations
An employee was observing a distillation column. He walked inside an area that was barricaded by a scaffold and fell approximately 25 feet, hitting a pipe on the way down. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, facial fracture, back injury, and also needed sutures.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
