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Arconic Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Lafayette, Indiana · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · NAICS 331316

7inspections
5citation items
$15,631current penalties
Nov 20, 2023last inspection

Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited Arconic Incorporated in Indiana 7 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Nov 20, 2023 after a complaint, in Lafayette.

In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $18,125; today they stand at $15,631, 14% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Arconic Incorporated averages $3,908 across 4 cited inspections.

Arconic Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Arconic Incorporated: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347117509 OPENED NOV 20, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 801 employees at the site · Closed Feb 8, 2024

3131 East Main Street, Lafayette, IN 47901 · Iron and Steel Forging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345387815 OPENED JUN 24, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 270 employees at the site · Closed Aug 16, 2021

3131 Main St, Lafayette, IN 47905 · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344709555 OPENED MAR 10, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 894 employees at the site · Closed Apr 16, 2020

3131 East Main Street, Lafayette, IN 47905 · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344709563 OPENED MAR 10, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 894 employees at the site · Closed Jun 29, 2020

3131 East Main Street, Lafayette, IN 47905 · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$2,125$1,381Apr 15, 2020Final

Inspection 343444741 OPENED AUG 27, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 793 employees at the site · Closed Sep 28, 2018

3131 E. Main St., Lafayette, IN 47905 · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$5,000$3,250Sep 14, 2018Final

Inspection 341910891 OPENED NOV 1, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 735 employees at the site · Closed May 26, 2017

3131 East Main Street, Lafayette, IN 47901 · Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$5,000$5,000Mar 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$1,000$1,000Mar 23, 2017Final

Inspection 341841880 OPENED OCT 6, 2016Open

Referral · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Open

3131 East Main Street, Lafayette, IN 47905 · Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$5,000$5,000Mar 8, 2017Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Lafayette site logged 17 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 755 workers: 2.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 50 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Arconic
Lafayette · 2024
755 1722.12.9
Arconic Inc. Lafayette Operations
Lafayette · 2017
740 1912.42.9

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)

(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

Other alumina and aluminum production and processing employers in Indiana

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