OSHA has inspected Brost Foundry 8 times in Ohio since 1973.
The latest one began on Apr 29, 2021 on a referral, in Mansfield.
Those inspections ended with 29 citation items: 11 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $1,490 and now stand at $740, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lead in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 17 items under 1910.1025.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Brost Foundry averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Apr 14, 2021, Mansfield: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.