OSHA has inspected Fall River Foundry 14 times in Wisconsin since 1973.
The latest one began on May 11, 2017 after a complaint, in Fall River.
Those inspections ended with 53 citation items: 29 serious, 5 repeat and 19 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $125,713 and now stand at $44,312, 65% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lead in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 15 items under 1910.1025.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Fall River Foundry averages $8,000 (1 cited inspection).
Fall River Foundry also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342321403 OPENED MAY 11, 2017Closed
Complaint · Partial · Health · 170 employees at the site · Closed Nov 21, 2017
670 S. Main Street, Fall River, WI 53932 · Nonferrous Metal Foundries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 6, 2017: Employee is struck by drill bits from automatic drill head a
At 3:0 p.m. on June 6, 2017, an employee was operating the automatic drill machine and put completed parts into a bin for inspection. As the employee reached across the work surface, the drill head came down and drilled into the employee's right forearm in three places. The employee was hospitalized and treated for puncture wounds to their forearm.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $6,097 | $3,048 | Oct 24, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $7,619 | $3,810 | Oct 24, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Other-than-serious | $6,097 | $1,142 | Oct 24, 2017 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Fall River site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 246 workers: 4.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 48 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
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.
