Inspection #103222139

Name: OSHA Inspection #103222139: REPUBLIC METALS INC
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a referral inspection of REPUBLIC METALS INC at 7930 Jones Road - Po Box 605217, Cleveland, OH 44105 on Dec 17, 1987. The inspection scope was partial. The case was closed on Feb 25, 1994.

OSHA documented 22 violations (12 serious, 2 willful, 8 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $3,620. This inspection is linked to 1 referral in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 431 air monitoring samples covering 14 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Cadmium Fume (as Cd), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co), and 9 more.

This employer has 7 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 103222139
Type: Referral (C)
Scope: Partial
Opened: Dec 17, 1987
Closed: Feb 25, 1994
Contested: Jun 3, 1988
Final Order: Dec 30, 1990
Total Violations: 22
Penalties on Record: $3,620
Initial Penalties: $19,620
Related Activity: 1 referral

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Establishment

Name: REPUBLIC METALS INC
Address: 7930 Jones Road - Po Box 605217, Cleveland, OH 44105
Industry: 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing

Other Inspections of This Employer7 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#341214203	Jan 29, 2016	Follow-Up (F)	2 violations	$3,696
#340201565	Jan 22, 2015	Complaint (B)	3 violations	$2,640
#339881336	Aug 4, 2014	Complaint (B)	11 violations	$6,600
#339881484	Aug 4, 2014	Complaint (B)	13 violations	$13,400
#308513787	Jan 19, 2005	Referral (C)	13 violations	$7,000
#308470368	Dec 8, 2004	Planned (H)	11 violations	$5,000
#105926463	Jul 31, 1990	Follow-Up (F)	12 violations	$3,060

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 Feb 25, 1994.

Citations on Record

12 serious, 2 willful, 8 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$19,620

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

Current Penalties

$3,620

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Jun 3, 1988. Final orders are recorded through Dec 30, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

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)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	3126P / 5A	0 - 0.0025	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	3126P / 5A	0 - 0.0825	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	3126P / 5A	0 - 0.1401	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	3126P / 5A	0 - 0.0149	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	2826P / 2A	0	mg/m³	20 mppcf (respirable)
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	3126P / 5A	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	3126P / 5A	0 - 0.5904	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
01001B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 II	Serious	$0	$50	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01001C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F04 I	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01002	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E05 I	Serious	$640	$220	Jul 21, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01003A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 V	Serious	$640	$220	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01003B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I01	Serious	$640	$220	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01006A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IB	Serious	$640	$220	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01006B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 II	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Dec 10, 1990	Dec 30, 1990
01006C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IV	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Dec 10, 1990	Dec 30, 1990
01007	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 IV	Other	$640	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
01008	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I	Serious	$350	$120	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
02001A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IA	Serious	$8,000	$270	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
02001B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IB	Serious	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
02002A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K01 IC	Willful	$8,000	$2,300	May 18, 1988	Dec 10, 1990	Dec 30, 1990
02002B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K01 ID	Willful	$0	$0	May 31, 1990	Dec 10, 1990	Dec 30, 1990
03001	1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A	Other	$70	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03002	1910.108 Dip Tanks (Reserved) OSHA citation code: 19100108 G06 IV	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03003	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 M02 I	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N04 I	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03006	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I02 II	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989
03007	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 II	Other	$0	$0	May 18, 1989	Jun 3, 1988	May 31, 1989

Failure to Abate Penalties2 citations, $7,360 in FTA penalties on record

OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 2 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
01006C	-	-	$1,000	-	-
02002A	-	-	$6,360	-	-

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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