Bay Cast Technologies: OSHA inspections and violations
Bay City, Michigan · Steel Foundries (except Investment) · NAICS 331513
6inspections
15citation items
$9,250current penalties
Feb 26, 2024last inspection
OSHA has inspected Bay Cast Technologies 6 times in Michigan since 1993.
The latest one began on Feb 26, 2024 after a complaint, in Bay City.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 11 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $18,500 and now stand at $9,250, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hexavalent chromium comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.1026.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Bay Cast Technologies averages $2,312 (4 cited inspections).
Bay Cast Technologies also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Michigan · latest 90 days of OSHA records
670employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Bay City site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 31 workers: 5.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Bay Cast Technologies, LLC
Bay City · 2025
31
2
0
5.3
2.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µgm/m 3), calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)
(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(1)
(e) Regulated areas—(1) Establishment. The employer shall establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) is, or can reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL.
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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.
