Sochem Solutions, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Gonzales, Louisiana · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998
2inspections
1citation items
$2,450current penalties
Apr 5, 2022last inspection
OSHA has inspected Sochem Solutions, Inc. 2 times in Louisiana since 2015.
The latest one began on Apr 5, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Port Allen.
Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $3,500 and now stand at $2,450, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Sochem Solutions, Inc. averages $2,450 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Sochem Solutions, Inc. 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.
Louisiana · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Apr 5, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed when electrocuted by overhead power lines
At 8:00 p.m. on April 5, 2022, an employee was operating a forklift. The employee raised the boom on the forklift to maneuver close to his personal truck to charge the battery of his truck. During the positioning of the forklift, the forks of the forklift struck an over head power line. The forklift was energized and electrocuted the employee. The employee was killed.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 340591445 OPENED APR 28, 2015Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2015
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Gonzales site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 39 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Sochem Solutions, Inc.
Gonzales · 2023
39
0
0
0.0
1.7
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.
Apr 23, 2015, Gonzales: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · nonclassifiable
Two employees were using a forklift to lift a chemical tote bag that was being used to blend chemicals together. A chemical reaction occurred, causing the chemicals in the tote bag to spill out over the top of the tote and onto the employees who were underneath. Both employees were hospitalized with chemical burns.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)
(f) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained to know at least the following:
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