Falcon Foundry Co.: OSHA inspections and violations
Lowellville, Ohio · Nonferrous Metal Foundries · NAICS 331525
10inspections
43citation items
$33,921current penalties
Nov 22, 2022last inspection
Since 1973, OSHA inspectors have visited Falcon Foundry Co. in Ohio 10 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Nov 22, 2022 after a complaint, in Lowellville.
In all, OSHA issued 43 citation items: 21 serious, 2 repeat and 20 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $56,265; today they stand at $33,921, 40% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 5 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Falcon Foundry Co. averages $21,876 across 1 cited inspection.
Falcon Foundry Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Lowellville site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 94 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 234 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
FF44436
Lowellville · 2018
94
7
4
7.1
5.4
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.
An employee tried to catch a metal casting being laid down with chains by rigging equipment. The casting started to slip in the chains, causing the employee's left middle finger to be pinched by the chains and resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.
29 CFR 1910.1000(c)
(c) Table Z-3. An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-3, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week, shall not exceed the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table.
29 CFR 1910.1020 · Access to employee exposure and medical records
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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.
