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Seatex, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Houston, Texas · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · NAICS 325611

5inspections
28citation items
$230,202current penalties
Feb 19, 2026last inspection

Since 1980, OSHA inspectors have visited Seatex, LLC in Texas 5 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 19, 2026 on a referral, in Rosenberg and is still open.

In all, OSHA issued 28 citation items: 20 serious, 1 repeat and 7 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $437,350; today they stand at $230,202, 47% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 6 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Seatex, LLC averages $76,324 across 3 cited inspections.

Seatex, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Seatex, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1980 to 2026
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348757428 OPENED FEB 19, 2026Open

Referral · Partial · Health · 176 employees at the site · Open

445 Tx Hwy 36, Rosenberg, TX 77471 · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$16,550$8,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(6) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$16,550$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$16,550$8,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$16,550$8,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4a Serious$16,550$12,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4b Serious$0$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$8,512$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,550$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4e
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,550$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 4f
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$16,550$8,512Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$8,512$6,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$14,188$6,000Aug 11, 2026Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Repeat$99,300$74,988Aug 11, 2026Final

Inspection 347106940 OPENED NOV 15, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 34 employees at the site · Closed Jun 13, 2024

1102 N. Blue Creek Road, El Campo, TX 77437 · Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$14,518$11,614May 10, 2024Final

Inspection 345763270 OPENED FEB 3, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 17 employees at the site · Closed May 18, 2023

239 Tx Hwy 36, Rosenberg, TX 77471 · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 1, 2022: Two employees incur chemical burns following chemcial reacti

At 8:15 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee was pouring paraformaldehyde into an aqueous ammonia solution inside of a vessel. There was a chemical reaction, resulting in an explosion. Two employees suffered chemical burns to their backs and arms, one of the employees was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$13,052$13,052Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3c Serious$0$13,052Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,754$4,754Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$130,524$35,000Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$10,360$20,000Jul 28, 2022Final

Inspection 16767485 OPENED DEC 17, 1980Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 30, 1981

6946 Old Katy Road, Houston, TX 77024 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(b)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 24, 1980Closed

Inspection 16849648 OPENED DEC 8, 1980Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jan 15, 1981

6946 Old Katy Road, Houston, TX 77024 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$300$300Dec 22, 1980Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.27(b)(1)(ii) · Fixed ladders
 Serious$300$300Dec 22, 1980Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(4) · Machine guarding
 Serious$630$630Dec 22, 1980Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the Rosenberg site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 155 workers: 0.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Rosenberg 445
Rosenberg · 2023
155 100.51.7
El Campo site
El Campo · 2023
31 112.71.7
Rosenberg 239
Rosenberg · 2023
14 106.01.7

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.

Feb 1, 2022, Rosenberg: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

Two employees were mixing chemicals in a blend tank that was 28% aqueous ammonia and paraformaldehyde. The chemicals had a reaction that caused them to leak out of the tank and contact the employees, resulting in chemical burns to their backs and arms.

May 1, 2021, Rosenberg: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.

An employee climbed an 8-foot fence. When the employee jumped down, their right tibia and left ankle were broken.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1048 · Formaldehyde

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(1)(i)

(d) Exposure monitoring—(1) General. (i) Each employer who has a workplace covered by this standard shall monitor employees to determine their exposure to formaldehyde.

29 CFR 1910.1048(g)(3)(i)(a)

(A) Select, and provide to employees, the appropriate respirators specified in paragraph (d)(3)(i)(A) of 29 CFR 1910.134.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.27 · Fixed ladders

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other soap and other detergent manufacturing employers in Texas

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