HORSEHEAD CORPORATION

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HORSEHEAD CORPORATION

900 DELAWARE AVENUE, PALMERTON, PA 18071 · NAICS 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing

Inspections

Sep 1988 to Apr 2017 · 8 safety, 26 health

Violations

156

across 34 inspections

Penalties on record

$751,439

latest amounts in DOL records

By classification

Serious 85Willful 23Repeat 6Other 32

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Inspection records

OpenedInspectionViolationsPenalty

Nov 7, 1990#109366914Nov 7, 1990Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#109366914$52,00015 viol.15$52,000Details

Dates

Opened: Nov 7, 1990
Closing Conference Date: Apr 26, 1991
Contested: May 28, 1991
Final Order: Feb 8, 1992
Closed: Feb 15, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice: Yes
Owner Type: Private
Union Status: Yes
Number of Employees: 400
Related Activity: 2 complaints

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations: 15
Violation Types: 8 serious, 5 repeat, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties: $39,700
Penalties on Record: $52,000

Site Address: 900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071
Industry: 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing

Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.

Chemical Exposure Sampling14 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	69	0 - 0.0635	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Arsenic, Inorganic	32	0 - 0.0051	mg/m³	-
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	61	0 - 0.0001	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	69	0 - 0.1312	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	69	0 - 0.6476	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	69	0 - 0.0081	mg/m³	-
Copper Fume (as Cu)	69	0 - 4.2899	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	69	0 - 112.75	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	69	0 - 6.0889	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	69	0 - 8.3502	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	69	0 - 0.1077	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	69	0 - 0.1085	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	69	0 - 0.0374	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	69	0 - 80.8161	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Violations

Violation list (12 of 15 shown)

Citation	Standard	Type	Instances	Exposed	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Repeat	1	4	$7,000	$20,000	May 31, 2007	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01002	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Repeat	1	4	$5,000	$5,700	May 31, 2007	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01003	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H02 I	Repeat	1	2	$7,000	$7,000	Mar 8, 1992	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H02 II	Repeat	4	4	$7,000	$7,000	Jun 30, 1992	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 IV	Repeat	29	1	$8,000	$7,000	Jan 31, 1992	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02001	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A03	Serious	1	2	$800	$800	May 21, 1991	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02002	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01	Serious	2	17	$800	$800	Dec 31, 1991	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02003	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02	Serious	1	1	$700	$700	Jun 5, 1991	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02004	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	1	1	$500	$500	Apr 8, 1992	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02005	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K01	Serious	3	1	$300	$300	Mar 8, 1992	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02006	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03	Serious	2	6	$700	$700	May 21, 1991	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
02007	1910.242 Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General OSHA citation code: 19100242 B	Serious	2	2	$800	$800	May 21, 1991	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992

Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 15 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

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Nov 9, 1988#624163Nov 9, 1988Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#624163$00 viol.0$0Details

Dates

Opened: Nov 9, 1988
Closing Conference Date: Jan 18, 1989
Closed: Apr 7, 1989

Inspection

Advance Notice: No
Owner Type: Private
Union Status: No
Number of Employees: 100
Related Activity: 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations: 0
Initial Penalties: $0
Penalties on Record: $0

Site Address: 900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071
Industry: 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Chemical Exposure Sampling17 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	2	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Arsenic, Inorganic	2	0.0002 - 0.001	mg/m³	-
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	2	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Dust (as Cd)	2	0.0021 - 0.004	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	2	0 - 0.0131	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	2	0.002 - 0.0074	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	2	0	mg/m³	-
Copper Fume (as Cu)	2	0.0041 - 0.0169	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	2	0.3761 - 1.65	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	4	0.0679 - 1	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	2	0.0312 - 0.1341	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	2	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	2	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	4	0	mg/m³	-
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	2	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc	2	2 - 6.8	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	2	0.4146 - 5.4762	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

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Sep 15, 1988#627109Sep 15, 1988Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#627109$3,00018 viol.18$3,000Details

Dates

Opened: Sep 15, 1988
Closing Conference Date: Jan 11, 1989
Contested: Apr 4, 1989
Final Order: Jan 22, 1990
Closed: Jan 22, 1991

Inspection

Advance Notice: Yes
Owner Type: Private
Union Status: Yes
Number of Employees: 365
Related Activity: 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations: 18
Violation Types: 14 serious, 4 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties: $6,000
Penalties on Record: $3,000

Site Address: 900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071
Industry: 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Violations

Violation list (12 of 18 shown)

Citation	Standard	Type	Instances	Exposed	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	1	1	$600	$300	Mar 18, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	1	1	$400	$200	Mar 18, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	1	1	$500	$250	Mar 18, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01004	1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 C	Serious	2	3	$500	$250	Apr 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01005	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01	Serious	2	3	$800	$400	Mar 18, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01006	1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03	Serious	2	3	$700	$350	Apr 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007	1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01	Serious	2	18	$400	$200	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01008A	1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 H03	Serious	2	2	$300	$150	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01008B	1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 H04	Serious	1	1	$0	$0	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01009	1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09	Serious	3	36	$500	$250	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01010A	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01	Serious	14	19	$400	$200	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01010B	1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E01 I	Serious	14	14	$0	$0	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990

Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 18 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

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Sep 15, 1988#627018Sep 15, 1988Accident (A) · Complete scope, Health#627018$611,00057 viol.57$611,000Details

Dates

Opened: Sep 15, 1988
Closing Conference Date: Mar 10, 1989
Contested: Apr 4, 1989
Final Order: Jan 22, 1990
Closed: Oct 22, 1992

Inspection

Advance Notice: Yes
Owner Type: Private
Union Status: Yes
Number of Employees: 365
Related Activity: 1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations: 57
Violation Types: 29 serious, 23 willful, 5 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties: $1,511,800
Penalties on Record: $611,000

Site Address: 900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071
Industry: 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing

Chemical Exposure Sampling19 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	6966P / 3A	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Arsenic, Inorganic	7	0.0004 - 0.009	mg/m³	-
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	6259P / 3A	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Dust (as Cd)	13	0 - 0.05	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	6966P / 3A	0 - 0.0231	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	6966P / 3A	0 - 0.0779	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	6966P / 3A	0 - 0.0019	mg/m³	-
Copper Fume (as Cu)	6966P / 3A	0 - 4.6094	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	6966P / 3A	0 - 18.6634	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	8784P / 3A	0 - 24	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	6966P / 3A	0 - 1.4289	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	6865P / 3A	0 - 0.0065	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	6966P / 3A	0 - 0.1856	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	7976P / 3A	0.245 - 15.99	mg/m³	-
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)	2	0.325 - 5.621	mg/m³	-
Silica, Crystalline Quartz (Respirable Fraction)	1	0		-
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	6966P / 3A	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc	8	0 - 84	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	7168P / 3A	0 - 44.2391	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Violations

Violation list (12 of 57 shown)

Citation	Standard	Type	Instances	Exposed	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03	Serious	12	34	$44,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001B	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 I	Serious	22	95	$176,000	$1,000	Mar 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001C	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 I	Serious	2	2	$16,000	$0	Mar 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F02 I	Willful	6	21	$60,000	$100,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 II	Serious	1	3	$30,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001F	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Willful	20	49	$60,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001G	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Willful	12	34	$120,000	$0	Jun 30, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D01 II	Serious	9	27	$11,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D02	Serious	3	6	$9,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Serious	6	10	$6,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 I	Willful	4	5	$56,000	$28,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 V	Serious	15	80	$6,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990

Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 57 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

Failure to Abate Penalties10 citations, $18,000 in FTA penalties on record

OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 10 citations issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.

Citation	FTA Inspection	FTA Issuance	FTA Penalty	FTA Contest	FTA Final Order
01001D	#109366914	May 6, 1991	-	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01001F	#109366914	May 6, 1991	-	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992
01001G	#109366914	May 6, 1991	-	May 28, 1991	Feb 8, 1992

Showing the 3 FTA rows present in the first 12 citations on this inspection. OSHA's record shows 10 total citations with FTA activity for this inspection. The complete list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

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Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

StandardCitationsPenalties

1910.1025Lead51 citations · $667,76951$667,769

1910.1027Cadmium20 citations · $15,30920$15,309

1910.134Respiratory Protection9 citations · $12,7089$12,708

1910.1000Air Contaminants9 citations · $7,6509$7,650

1910.95Occupational Noise Exposure8 citations · $11,1008$11,100

Chemical exposure sampling

SamplesAir monitoring samples

1,999

SubstancesSubstances tested

InspectionsInspections sampled

Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection

This employer4.6

Industry average3.3

Penalties per inspection

This employer$22,101

Industry average$2,287

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HORSEHEAD CORPORATION

Inspection records

Inspection #109366914

Dates

Inspection

Violations and Penalties

Chemical Exposure Sampling14 substances sampled

Violations

Inspection #624163

Dates

Inspection

Violations and Penalties

Chemical Exposure Sampling17 substances sampled

Inspection #627109

Dates

Inspection

Violations and Penalties

Violations

Inspection #627018

Dates

Inspection

Violations and Penalties

Chemical Exposure Sampling19 substances sampled

Violations

Failure to Abate Penalties10 citations, $18,000 in FTA penalties on record

Understanding These Penalties

Standards cited

Chemical exposure sampling

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