OSHA has inspected Techmetals, Inc. 4 times in Ohio since 1999.
The latest one began on Jan 21, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Dayton.
Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 3 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $31,082 and now stand at $16,542, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.
Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.146.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Techmetals, Inc. averages $14,342 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Techmetals, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344570007 OPENED JAN 21, 2020Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 250 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 2021
345 Springfield Street, Dayton, OH 45403 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 21, 2020 (fatal): Employee falls into rinse tank while cleaning and drowns
At 7:30 a.m. on January 21, 2020 an employee was working on the plating line and was cleaning out a rinse tank with a hose. The employee fell into the tank and drowned.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $8,848 | $4,848 | May 18, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $13,494 | $9,494 | May 18, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 342275567 OPENED APR 26, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Health · 160 employees at the site · Closed Jul 11, 2017
345 Springfield Street, Dayton, OH 45403 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 20, 2017: Employee is burned by hot water during tank transfer
At 6:15 a.m. on April 20, 2017, an employee was transferring hot water wash from one tank to another, when he was splashed with the water. The water measured between 140 degrees and 150 degrees Fahrenheit and he was burned. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for his injuries.
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Dayton site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 264 workers: 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 23 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.
Apr 20, 2017, Dayton: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · face, unspecified
An employee was splashed in the face with hot rinse water (approximately 140 or 150 degrees F) from a hose as he was transferring the rinse water to another tank. The employee was wearing PPE-safety glasses, apron, gloves, steel toed shoes, but no face shield.
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.
