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NOVELIS CORPORATION
$66,000
penalties
25
viol.
9
insp.

NOVELIS CORPORATION

448 COUNTY ROUTE 1A, OSWEGO, NY 13126NAICS 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

Inspections
9
Aug 2011 to Oct 2024 · 6 safety, 3 health
Violations
25
across 9 inspections
Penalties on record
$66,000
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 21Willful 0Repeat 0Other 4

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Inspection records

Oct 8, 2024Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#347801995$00 viol.

Inspection #347801995

Dates

Opened
Oct 8, 2024
Closing Conference Date
Oct 8, 2024
Closed
Feb 28, 2025

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,165
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

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.

Nov 20, 2019Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#344459961$00 viol.

Inspection #344459961

Dates

Opened
Nov 20, 2019
Closing Conference Date
May 6, 2020
Closed
May 8, 2020

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,200
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Dec 27, 2018Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#343683496$00 viol.

Inspection #343683496

Dates

Opened
Dec 27, 2018
Closing Conference Date
Dec 27, 2018
Closed
Jan 2, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,200
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Dec 28, 2016Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#341997567$00 viol.

Inspection #341997567

Dates

Opened
Dec 28, 2016
Closing Conference Date
Jan 23, 2017
Closed
Jan 23, 2017

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331313 Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Aug 19, 2015Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#340860543$00 viol.

Inspection #340860543

Dates

Opened
Aug 19, 2015
Closing Conference Date
Aug 19, 2015
Closed
Sep 10, 2015

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Jun 30, 2014FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, Safety#339829665$7,0001 viol.

Inspection #339829665

Dates

Opened
Jun 30, 2014
Closing Conference Date
Jul 1, 2014
Final Order
Jan 6, 2015
Closed
Jan 28, 2015

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
960
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$7,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityJun 30, 2014

Employee is crushed by falling stack of metal parts

Event: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.176
Handling Materials - General
OSHA citation code: 19100176 B
Serious22$7,000$7,000Dec 23, 2014-Jan 6, 2015
Oct 25, 2011Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Health#315849620$18,90015 viol.

Inspection #315849620

Dates

Opened
Oct 25, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Mar 22, 2012
Contested
Apr 16, 2012
Final Order
Sep 21, 2012
Closed
Jul 2, 2013

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
750

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
15
Violation Types
11 serious, 4 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$31,000
Penalties on Record
$18,900
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil 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 Sampling16 substances sampled

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

SubstanceSamplesResult RangeUnit
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)60mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)60mg/m³
Cadmium60mg/m³
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts60mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)60mg/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)60 - 0.0091141mg/m³
Gravimetric DeterminationQC90.364 - 8.507mg/m³
Iron Oxide Fume60 - 1.7973293mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)60 - 0.0256598mg/m³
Manganese Fume (as Mn)60 - 0.2365689mg/m³
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)60mg/m³
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)60mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)30.364 - 8.507mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)61.244 - 5.015mg/m³
Sample WeightQC90.066 - 2.902mg
Silica, Crystalline Quartz (Respirable Fraction)30%
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)60mg/m³
Zinc Oxide Fume60mg/m³

Violations

Violation list (5 of 15 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.133
Eye and Face Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01
Serious14$5,000$3,500Apr 10, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
01002A1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C05 IC
Serious28$7,000$4,900Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
01002B1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C05 IIC
Serious18$0$0Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
01002C1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 D14
Serious116$0$0Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
01002D1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01
Serious110$0$0Jul 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012

Showing the 5 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.

Oct 5, 2011FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#315849356$33,1008 viol.

Inspection #315849356

Dates

Opened
Oct 5, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Mar 22, 2012
Contested
Apr 16, 2012
Final Order
Sep 21, 2012
Closed
Jul 3, 2012

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
750
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
8
Violation Types
8 serious
Initial Penalties
$37,000
Penalties on Record
$33,100
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil 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.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityOct 4, 2011

Employee is killed when crushed inside machine

Injury: OtherBody part: ChestSource: MachineEvent: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (5 of 8 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious21$3,000$2,100Apr 5, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
010021910.22
Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02
Serious11$3,000$2,100Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
010031910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 A02
Serious11$4,000$2,800Apr 10, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
010041910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I
Serious12$7,000$7,000Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012
010051910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II
Serious12$7,000$7,000Apr 25, 2012Apr 16, 2012Sep 21, 2012

Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 8 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

Aug 3, 2011Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#314353632$7,0001 viol.

Inspection #314353632

Dates

Opened
Aug 3, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Aug 3, 2011
Closed
Nov 15, 2011

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
750
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$7,000
Penalties on Record
$7,000
Site Address
448 County Route 1a, Oswego, NY 13126
Industry
331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing

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.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.179
Overhead and Gantry Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100179 B06 I
Serious12$7,000$7,000Oct 31, 2011--
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

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. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

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).

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

1910.146Permit-Required Confined Spaces4 citations · $4,900
1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)3 citations · $21,000
1910.252Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements2 citations · $3,500

Chemical exposure sampling

Samples
108
Substances
18
Inspections
1

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.8
Industry average3.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$7,333
Industry average$2,964

Primary Metal Manufacturing, 9,101 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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