Oxbow Calcining LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Port Arthur, Texas · All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing · NAICS 324199
3inspections
2citation items
$3,733current penalties
Sep 4, 2024last inspection
Since 2008, OSHA inspectors have visited Oxbow Calcining LLC in Texas 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Sep 4, 2024 on a referral, in Port Arthur.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $6,222; today they stand at $3,733, 40% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Oxbow Calcining LLC averages $3,733 across 1 cited inspection.
Oxbow Calcining LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 30, 2017: Employee is struck by auger housing and fractures foot
At 7:45 a.m. on March 30, 2017, an employee was helping remove the lower cover/guard housing on an auger conveyor. Once the housing was sitting on the ground, it was discovered that the housing could not slide away because it had 3 legs welded to the housing. While trying to slide it, the end with the single leg broke and the housing fell on the employee's foot, fracturing it.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 311956890 OPENED MAY 15, 2008Closed
Referral · Partial · Health · 76 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2008
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Port Arthur site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 80 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Oxbow Calcining Port Arthur
Port Arthur · 2025
80
0
0
0.0
0.6
Oxbow Calcining, Port Arthur
Port Arthur · 2023
75
0
0
0.0
0.6
Oxbow Calcining Port Arthur Calciner
Port Arthur · 2021
66
1
0
1.4
0.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Aug 29, 2024, Port Arthur: Hospitalization · multiple severe wounds and internal injuries · multiple trunk locations
An employee was uncoupling a hose from an air compressor. The pressurized hose struck the employee's left side, fracturing a rib and lacerating their kidney and spleen.
Mar 30, 2017, Port Arthur: Hospitalization · fractures · foot (feet), unspecified
Three employees were in a large interior area underneath a concrete silo. They were moving a screw conveyor housing out of the way in an area where they were planning to install a new screw conveyor flight. As they pushed the screw conveyor housing across the concrete floor, the front vertical angle iron support broke at the welded connection to the housing. As the housing fell approximately 21…
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3)
(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).
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