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PDM Metals: OSHA inspections and violations

Carlisle, Iowa · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · NAICS 331492

1inspections
2citation items
$3,000current penalties
Sep 11, 2024last inspection

PDM Metals has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Sep 11, 2024 after a complaint, in Carlisle.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,352 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,000, down 31%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (2 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. PDM Metals averages $3,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

PDM Metals also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

PDM Metals: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347748584 OPENED SEP 11, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 56 employees at the site · Closed Jan 21, 2025

6425 Southeast 52nd Street, Carlisle, IA 50047 · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$4,352$3,000Dec 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 13, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2022, the Carlisle site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 60 workers: 9.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 120 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
PDM Metals
Carlisle · 2022
60 519.83.6
PDM Metals Inc
Carlisle · 2019
28 000.03.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)

(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.

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