Hamilton, Mississippi · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325188
OSHA has inspected Tronox LLC 3 times in Mississippi since 2014.
The latest one began on Feb 16, 2024 on a referral, in Hamilton.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,754 and now stand at $7,052, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Tronox LLC averages $7,052 (1 cited inspection).
Tronox LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company40034 Tronox Road, Hamilton, MS 39746 · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $11,754 | $7,052 | Apr 16, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 2024 | Final |
40034 Tronox Road, Hamilton, MS 39746 · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
40034 Tronox Road, Hamilton, MS 39746 · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Hamilton site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 14 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tronox Hamilton · 2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Feb 14, 2024, Hamilton: Hospitalization · poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory · body systems
An employee was going upstairs to open a process valve to vent a chlorinator; another employee was massaging the plugged down leg on the chlorinator. The plug broke free and dumped titanium tetrachloride into a sump. This caused a chemical reaction that resulted in overpressure in the sump, whose vent line failed in three places. Both employees inhaled titanium tetrachloride gas and developed…
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i)
(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d)
(D) Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained.
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.