Inspection 347433369 OPENED APR 23, 2024Closed
600 Cannonball Lane, O Fallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected O'Fallon Casting LLC 5 times in Missouri since 2011.
The latest one began on Apr 23, 2024 after a complaint, in O Fallon.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 5 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,015 and now stand at $20,616, 6% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and O'Fallon Casting LLC averages $17,350 (1 cited inspection).
O'Fallon Casting LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company600 Cannonball Lane, O Fallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
600 Cannonball Lane, O Fallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 11, 2020: Employee's finger is amputated when unclogging hopper
At 3:30 p.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was trying to unclog and get the flour to feed from the hopper. The employee's finger was caught between the chain and hook on the hopper, when his supervisor was trying to put the hopper into position. The employee suffered an injury to the left middle finger, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(15) · Fall protection in general industry |
Serious | $8,675 | $8,675 | Apr 29, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.135(a)(1) · Head protection |
Serious | $8,675 | $8,675 | Apr 29, 2020 | Final |
600 Cannonball Lane, O Fallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6) · Exit routes |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 5, 2013 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 5, 2013 | Closed |
600 Cannonball Lane, Ofallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
600 Cannonball Lane, O'fallon, MO 63366 · Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes |
Serious | $1,950 | $1,365 | Sep 29, 2011 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.134(i)(1)(iic) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $1,950 | $1,365 | Sep 29, 2011 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.134(i)(8) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 29, 2011 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1a 29 CFR 1904.4(a) · Recording criteria |
Other-than-serious | $765 | $536 | Sep 29, 2011 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1b 29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4) · General recording criteria |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 29, 2011 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the O'Fallon site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 224 workers: 6.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 106 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon Casting O'Fallon · 2025 | 224 | 14 | 8 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Mar 11, 2020, O Fallon: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was trying to clear a jam in a line so that flour would feed from a hopper. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a chain and a hook; the first digit of the right middle finger was amputated.
Mar 4, 2015, O Fallon: Hospitalization · puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was hand washing an aluminum casting at the "hand wash cabinet" (machine) using 3,700 psi water pressure to remove ceramic materials from the casting. The employee was wearing hand protection (double glove with inner neoprene and outer cut-resistant Kevlar with neoprene coating). The employee suffered a water injection injury to the right middle finger, requiring overnight…
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.4(a)
(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:
29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4)
(4) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer? When an injury or illness involves restricted work or job transfer but does not involve death or days away from work, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log by placing a check mark in the space for job transfer or restriction and an entry of the number of restricted or transferred days in the restricted workdays column.
29 CFR 1910.134(i)(1)(iic)
(C) Carbon monoxide (CO) content of 10 ppm or less;
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