Lake Charles, Louisiana · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325181
20inspections
19citation items
$66,279current penalties
Apr 11, 2016last inspection
OSHA has inspected PPG Industries 20 times in Louisiana since 1974.
The latest one began on Apr 11, 2016 after a complaint, in Westlake.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 10 serious and 9 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $83,319 and now stand at $66,279, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and PPG Industries averages $41,689 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
PPG Industries also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jan 30, 1997 (fatal): Employee dies of pneumonia after exposure to chemical vapor
Employee #1 and a coworker were in a maintenance shop near a vessel that was bei ng cleaned when a cloud of acidic vapors from the vessel surrounded the shop. Bo th employees inhaled the gas. Employee #1 was recovering approximately one month after his initial exposure when he suffered a relapse and died of pneumonia com plicated by a staph infection. The coworker recovered fully.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Lake Charles site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 194 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 362 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Lake Charles Silicas
Lake Charles · 2024
194
3
1
1.5
0.7
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.
Jun 24, 2018, Westlake: Hospitalization · fractures · tooth (teeth)
An employee tripped and fell as he entered a diked area. He struck a ground-level grating, suffering a broken tooth, a nose laceration, and neck pain.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(g) Respiratory protection—(1) General. For employees who use respirators required by this section, the employer must provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complies with the requirements of this paragraph.
(e) Flammable liquids and liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C)—(1) Conformance. The storage of flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C) in connection with spraying operations shall conform to the requirements of § 1910.106, where applicable.
(f) Operating procedures. (1) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall address at least the following elements.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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.
