Inspection #102813151

Name: OSHA Inspection #102813151: BABS FOUNDRY, INCORPORATED
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a planned inspection of BABS FOUNDRY, INCORPORATED at 135 East Hodges Street, Norton, MA 02766 on Oct 2, 1989. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Jun 10, 1991.

OSHA documented 43 violations (25 serious, 2 willful, 16 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $16,400.

OSHA collected 392 air monitoring samples covering 18 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Benzo [a] Pyrene, Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Cadmium Fume (as Cd), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, and 13 more.

This employer has 11 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 102813151
Type: Planned (H)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Oct 2, 1989
Closed: Jun 10, 1991
Contested: Nov 29, 1990
Final Order: Apr 12, 1991
Total Violations: 43
Penalties on Record: $16,400
Initial Penalties: $32,800

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Establishment

Name: BABS FOUNDRY, INCORPORATED
Address: 135 East Hodges Street, Norton, MA 02766
Industry: Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Other Inspections of This Employer11 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#338149214	Jan 8, 2013	Planned (H)	No violations
#312104789	Apr 22, 2009	Planned (H)	2 violations	$1,050
#109166132	Feb 19, 1997	Referral (C)	No violations
#109162347	Oct 24, 1994	Planned (H)	13 violations	$600
#107536153	Jan 9, 1992	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#107447302	Jul 25, 1990	Follow-Up (F)	8 violations	$620
#107439911	Jul 25, 1990	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#100451020	Nov 21, 1986	Planned (H)	2 violations
#10014520	Nov 9, 1983	Planned (H)	2 violations
#10116531	Nov 9, 1983	Planned (H)	No violations
#10023109	Aug 16, 1981	Planned (H)	5 violations	$90

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Jun 10, 1991.

Citations on Record

25 serious, 2 willful, 16 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$32,800

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$16,400

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Nov 29, 1990. Final orders are recorded through Apr 12, 1991. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling18 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)	26	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Benzo [a] Pyrene	2	0	mg/m³	0.2 mg/m³ as Coal tar pitch volatiles (benzene soluble fraction)
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	24	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	26	0 - 0.0209	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	26	0 - 0.0031	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles (benzene soluble fraction)	2	0.27 - 0.8	mg/m³	0.2 mg/m³ (benzene-soluble fraction)
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	26	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	26	0 - 1.2944	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	26	0 - 0.1492	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	26	0 - 0.413	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	26	0 - 0.0048	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	26	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	26	0 - 0.0095	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	24	0	mg/m³	20 mppcf (respirable)
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)	12	0.067 - 80	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust), 5 mg/m³ (respirable fraction)
Silica, Crystalline Quartz (Respirable Fraction)	16	0 - 8.7		-
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	26	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	26	0 - 6.5378	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	$800	$400	Jan 16, 1991	-	-
01002	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I02 I	Serious	$800	$400	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
01003	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I05	Serious	$800	$400	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
01004A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 I	Serious	$800	$400	Apr 16, 1990	-	-
01004B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 II	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
01004C	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 III	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
01005	1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A	Serious	$500	$250	Mar 19, 1990	-	-
01006	1910.133 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01	Serious	$700	$350	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
01007	1910.133 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 19100133 A06	Serious	$700	$350	Apr 2, 1990	-	-
01008	1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01	Serious	$700	$350	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
01009A	1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A04	Serious	$500	$250	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
01009B	1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 20, 1990	-	-
01010	1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 V	Serious	$500	$250	Mar 19, 1990	-	-
01011	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Serious	$1,000	$500	Jun 18, 1990	-	-
01012	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Serious	$900	$450	Jan 16, 1991	-	-
01013A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F01	Serious	$1,000	$500	Apr 6, 1990	-	-
01013B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F04 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 16, 1990	-	-
01014	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H01	Serious	$900	$450	Apr 6, 1990	-	-
01015A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I02 I	Serious	$1,000	$500	Apr 6, 1990	-	-
01015B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 19, 1990	-	-
01015C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 II	Serious	$0	$0	May 14, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
01015D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 IV	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 21, 1990	-	-
01016A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 I	Serious	$1,000	$500	Apr 16, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
01016B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 16, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
01016C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 19, 1990	-	-
02001	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I01	Willful	$9,000	$4,500	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
02002	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J01 I	Willful	$10,000	$5,000	Apr 16, 1990	-	-
03001	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 L01	Other	$0	$0	Mar 19, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
03002	1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C01	Other	$0	$0	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
03003	1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01	Other	$0	$0	Apr 20, 1990	-	-
03004	1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 III	Other	$0	$0	Mar 15, 1990	-	-
03005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D02	Other	$300	$150	Apr 16, 1990	-	-
03006	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E03 I	Other	$0	$0	Apr 27, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
03007	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E05 I	Other	$0	$0	Apr 27, 1990	-	-
03008	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E05 II	Other	$0	$0	Apr 27, 1990	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
03009	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 V	Other	$300	$150	Apr 2, 1990	-	-
03010	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VI	Other	$0	$0	Mar 19, 1990	-	-
03011	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Other	$300	$150	Apr 27, 1990	-	-
03012	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H02 II	Other	$0	$0	Apr 16, 1990	-	-
03013	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 M02 I	Other	$300	$150	Apr 27, 1990	-	-
03014	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 I	Other	$0	$0	May 25, 1990	-	-
03015A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I	Other	$0	$0	Apr 27, 1990	-	-
03015B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II	Other	$0	$0	Apr 27, 1990	-	-

Failure to Abate Penalties6 citations, $1,600 in FTA penalties on record

OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 6 citationsissued 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
01015C	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	$320	-	Apr 12, 1991
01016A	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	$320	-	Apr 12, 1991
01016B	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	-	-	Apr 12, 1991
03001	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	$320	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
03006	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	$320	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991
03008	#107447302	Nov 9, 1990	$320	Nov 29, 1990	Apr 12, 1991

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.

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.

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