Inspection #113346134

Name: OSHA Inspection #113346134: EMI COMPANY
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a referral inspection of EMI COMPANY at 603 West 12th Street, Erie, PA 16501 on Mar 30, 1993. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Jan 21, 1998.

OSHA documented 48 violations (25 serious, 23 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $33,705. This inspection is linked to 1 referral in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 98 air monitoring samples covering 15 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Chromic Acid and Chromates (as CrO3), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co), and 10 more.

This employer has 10 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 113346134
Type: Referral (C)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Mar 30, 1993
Closed: Jan 21, 1998
Contested: Aug 12, 1993
Final Order: Feb 14, 1994
Total Violations: 48
Penalties on Record: $33,705
Initial Penalties: $51,275
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: EMI COMPANY
Address: 603 West 12th Street, Erie, PA 16501
Industry: 331511 Iron Foundries

Other Inspections of This Employer10 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#113165294	Mar 16, 1999	Planned (H)	1 violation	$731
#300276201	Jun 2, 1997	Referral (C)	No violations
#113334684	Feb 13, 1995	Referral (C)	1 violation	$750
#113334734	Jan 10, 1995	Complaint (B)	No violations
#113337877	May 18, 1994	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#113346548	Jul 8, 1993	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#113345797	Feb 1, 1993	Planned (H)	121 violations	$80,425
#102716933	Aug 8, 1989	Referral (C)	3 violations	$800
#785030	Mar 7, 1989	Planned (H)	16 violations	$620
#1148923	Dec 13, 1985	Planned (H)	3 violations

121 violations$80,425

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 Jan 21, 1998.

Citations on Record

25 serious, 23 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$51,275

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

Current Penalties

$33,705

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Aug 12, 1993. Final orders are recorded through Feb 14, 1994. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling15 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)	7	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	7	0	mg/m³	-
Chromic Acid and Chromates (as CrO3)	2	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	9	0	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	7	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	7	0 - 0.0071	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	7	0 - 2.3422	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	7	0 - 0.043	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	7	0 - 0.1072	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	7	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	7	0 - 0.0021	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Silica, Crystalline Quartz (Respirable Fraction)	4	0.03 - 12	%	-
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	7	0 - 0.0029	mg/m³	-
Xylene	6	0 - 16.9893	ppm	100 ppm (435 mg/m³)
Zinc Oxide Fume	7	0 - 0.5107	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	1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A03 I	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Dec 18, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01002A	1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A05 IIB	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Dec 18, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01002B	1910.94 Ventilation OSHA citation code: 19100094 A05 IV	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 18, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01004A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	$5,000	$4,500	Sep 1, 1996	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01004B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01005A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 D01	Other	$2,000	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01005B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 D03	Other	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01006A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G03	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01006B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G05 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01007A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G06	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01007B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G07 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01008	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G07 III	Serious	$3,500	$3,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01009	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 IIB	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01010	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 IIC	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01011	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G09	Serious	$2,000	$1,500	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01013A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I04	Other	$2,500	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01013B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I05	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01014A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K02	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01014B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01014C	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01015B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M02 I	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01015D	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M03 II	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01016	1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A	Other	$1,500	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01017A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B02	Serious	$2,500	$2,000	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01017B	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01017E	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B09	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01019A	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 C	Serious	$5,000	$4,500	Sep 2, 1996	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01019B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Serious	$0	$0	Sep 2, 1996	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01020A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D04 I	Other	$1,500	$0	Dec 1, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01020B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 II	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01020C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01021	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 II	Serious	$1,500	$1,000	Dec 1, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01022A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIA	Other	$1,500	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01022B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIB	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01022C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIC	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01022D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IID	Other	$0	$0	Sep 26, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01022E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIE	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01023A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H	Serious	$1,275	$955	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01023B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 19, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
01023D	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 14, 1994	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02001	1903.6 Advance notice of inspections OSHA citation code: 19030006 B	Other	$2,000	$1,000	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02002	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 D01 II	Other	$1,000	$500	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02003A	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 E01 I	Other	$1,000	$500	Aug 7, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02003B	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 E02 IA	Other	$0	$0	Aug 7, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02003C	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 E02 IIA	Other	$0	$0	Aug 7, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02007	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 I	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994
02009	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G01	Other	$0	$0	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Jan 21, 1994
02010D	1910.1048 Formaldehyde OSHA citation code: 19101048 O01	Other	$0	$250	Aug 22, 1993	Aug 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1994

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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