Custom Fabricators, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Watertown, South Dakota · Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing · NAICS 332323
4inspections
14citation items
$21,300current penalties
Feb 21, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected Custom Fabricators, Inc. 4 times in South Dakota since 1998.
The latest one began on Feb 21, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Watertown.
Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 12 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $35,403 and now stand at $21,300, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Working near live electrical parts comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.333.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Custom Fabricators, Inc. averages $10,650 (2 cited inspections).
Custom Fabricators, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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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 Watertown site logged 13 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 101 workers: 12.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 24 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Custom Fabricators, Inc.
Watertown · 2025
101
13
1
12.8
3.6
Custom Fabricators Inc
Watertown · 2023
114
12
1
10.6
3.6
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Apr 28, 2019 to Apr 27, 2021
Watertown
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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(l)(1)(iii)
(l) Communication of chromium (VI) hazards to employees—(1) Hazard communication—general—(i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers shall comply with all requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (§ 1910.1200) for chromium (VI).
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
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.
