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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Kao Corporation
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Japan
Major Industry: chemicals
Specific Industry: chemicals
Penalty total since 2000$189,964
Number of records: 6
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
environment-related offenses$154,9002
safety-related offenses$27,3603
employment-related offenses$7,7041
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
air pollution violation$100,0001
hazardous waste violation$54,9001
workplace safety or health violation$17,3602
railroad safety violation$10,0001
wage and hour violation$7,7041
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Kao USA Inc.air pollution violation2017CA-ARB$100,000
KAO USA INC.hazardous waste violation2022EPA$54,900
KAO USA INC.workplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$10,360
Kao Specialties Americasrailroad safety violation2019FRA$10,000
KAO, Inc.wage and hour violation2011WHD$7,704
KAO USA INC.workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.