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Dakota Foundry, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Webster, South Dakota · Iron Foundries · NAICS 331511

3inspections
18citation items
$32,972current penalties
Jul 15, 2025last inspection

Since 2022, OSHA inspectors have visited Dakota Foundry, Inc. in South Dakota 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jul 15, 2025 after a complaint, in Webster and is still open.

In all, OSHA issued 18 citation items: 14 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $56,637; today they stand at $32,972, 42% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1053 (silica dust in general industry), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Dakota Foundry, Inc. averages $10,991 across 3 cited inspections.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Dakota Foundry, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348375015 OPENED JUL 15, 2025Open

Complaint · Partial · Health · 34 employees at the site · Open

20 Park Lane, Webster, SD 57274 · Iron Foundries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$7,944$3,972Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final

Inspection 347027690 OPENED OCT 11, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 33 employees at the site · Closed Jun 18, 2026

20 Park Lane, Webster, SD 57274 · Iron Foundries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.110(b)(6)(vi) · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
 Other-than-serious$5,323$2,500Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.110(c)(8) · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$5,323$2,500Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$5,323$2,500Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1053(c) · Silica dust in general industry
 Serious$12,421$9,000Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1) · Silica dust in general industry
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i) · Silica dust in general industry
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.1053(g)(1)(i) · Silica dust in general industry
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2024Final

Inspection 345767636 OPENED FEB 7, 2022Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Oct 4, 2024

20 Park Lane, Webster, SD 57274 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$5,801$3,500Jun 13, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$10,151$6,200Jun 13, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$4,351$2,800Jun 13, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.305(c)(4) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2022Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Feb 2, 2022, Webster: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was installing the correct chute onto a sand auger spout. Their index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the moving auger, resulting in amputations of all three distal phalanges.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1053 · Silica dust in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1053(c)

(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 µg/m 3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA.

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1)

(f) Methods of compliance—(1) Engineering and work practice controls. The employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever such feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, the employer shall nonetheless use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest feasible level and shall supplement them with the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i)

(2) Written exposure control plan. (i) The employer shall establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contains at least the following elements:

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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