Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
5,189,992Inspections Most recent open 2026-07-18 Last loaded 2026-07-22

OSHA Inspection: ROCK TENN CO.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of ROCK TENN CO. in HIGHWAY 80 WEST, DEMOPOLIS, AL 36732 (NAICS 322110). OSHA activity number 309577310.

Watch Rock Tenn CO. — free Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Rock Tenn CO. is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Establishment
ROCK TENN CO.
Site address
HIGHWAY 80 WEST
City
DEMOPOLIS
State
AL
ZIP
36732
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
322110
SIC code (legacy)
2611
Employees
482
Ownership type
A

6 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2500.00 · Current $1275.00 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to Hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas:
(a)ClO2 process area: On April 25, 2006 and at times prior the employer
exposed
employees to the hazard of hydrogen sulfide when working in the bleach
plant
and the ClO2 process area due to potential of ClO2 release into the
process sewer
from the ClO2 tank farm surface drains. The process sewer contains sulfide
wastes which could be mixed with acid or acidic materials and release
hydrogen
sulfide gas.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to abate this hazard
would
be to connect the ClO2 tank farm surface drains to the existing acid sump
system
to prevent any acidic material from reaching the plant process sewer.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1275.00
  • — Z (S) $2500.00

1910.23 A09

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2500.00 · Current $1275.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1275.00
  • — Z (S) $2500.00

1910.23 D01 III

Serious Gravity 05 3 instances 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $3500.00 · Current $1275.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1275.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

1910.147 C04 IIB

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $5000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3500.00
  • — Z (S) $5000.00

1910.147 C06 IA

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1910.335 A01 I

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $5000.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $5000.00

View ROCK TENN CO.'s full OSHA safety record →

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 309577310.