Inspection #627018

Name: OSHA Inspection #627018: HORSEHEAD CORPORATION
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a accident inspection of HORSEHEAD CORPORATION at 900 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton, PA 18071 on Sep 15, 1988. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Oct 22, 1992.

OSHA documented 57 violations (29 serious, 23 willful, 5 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $611,000. This inspection is linked to 1 accident report in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 1019 air monitoring samples covering 19 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Arsenic, Inorganic, Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Cadmium Dust (as Cd), Cadmium Fume (as Cd), and 14 more.

This employer has 20+ other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 627018
Type: Accident (A)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Sep 15, 1988
Closed: Oct 22, 1992
Contested: Apr 4, 1989
Final Order: Jan 22, 1990
Total Violations: 57
Penalties on Record: $611,000
Initial Penalties: $1,511,800
Related Activity: 1 accident

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.

Establishment

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

Other Inspections of This Employer20+ on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#342235272	Apr 4, 2017	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#341574424	Jun 23, 2016	Referral (C)	1 violation	$9,353
#341359511	Mar 29, 2016	Monitoring (D)	6 violations	$8,416
#340654607	May 26, 2015	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#339977035	Oct 1, 2014	Complaint (B)	6 violations	$8,500
#339594608	Feb 20, 2014	Complaint (B)	8 violations	$7,980
#339597106	Feb 20, 2014	Complaint (B)	2 violations	$3,400
#312294002	Nov 12, 2009	Referral (C)	4 violations	$3,270
#310231972	Mar 10, 2008	Referral (C)	1 violation	$2,500
#310231055	Dec 18, 2007	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#307913426	Jan 24, 2005	Referral (C)	No violations
#305256265	Jun 16, 2004	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#305251720	Jul 11, 2003	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#305247967	Jul 19, 2002	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#303346720	Nov 8, 2001	Complaint (B)	No violations
#303346670	Nov 2, 2001	Complaint (B)	3 violations	$1,000
#303343818	Apr 10, 2001	Monitoring (D)	1 violation
#303343255	Feb 15, 2001	Planned (H)	2 violations	$900
#303340822	Jun 27, 2000	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#301044301	Jul 20, 1999	Monitoring (D)	No violations

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 Oct 22, 1992.

Citations on Record

29 serious, 23 willful, 5 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$1,511,800

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

Current Penalties

$611,000

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Apr 4, 1989. Final orders are recorded through Jan 22, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

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	0.01 mg/m³ [5 µg/m³ Action Level] (as As)
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	0.1 mg Co/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	20 mppcf (respirable)
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)	2	0.325 - 5.621	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust), 5 mg/m³ (respirable fraction)
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

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
01001A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03	Serious	$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	$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	$16,000	$0	Mar 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F02 I	Willful	$60,000	$100,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 II	Serious	$30,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001F	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Willful	$60,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01001G	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Willful	$120,000	$0	Jun 30, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D01 II	Serious	$11,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D02	Serious	$9,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01002C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Serious	$6,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 I	Willful	$56,000	$28,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 V	Serious	$6,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Serious	$6,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VIII	Willful	$40,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H01	Willful	$24,000	$0	Nov 30, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003F	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H02 I	Willful	$24,000	$0	Feb 28, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003G	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 H02 II	Willful	$32,000	$16,000	Feb 28, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003H	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I01	Serious	$40,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01003I	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 II	Willful	$32,000	$16,000	Jan 15, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01004A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IC	Willful	$84,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01004C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IB	Willful	$174,000	$135,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01004E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K01 ID	Willful	$330,000	$285,000	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 III	Serious	$16,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01006A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02	Serious	$4,000	$1,000	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01006B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02	Serious	$4,000	$0	Mar 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01006C	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Serious	$4,000	$0	Mar 22, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B02	Willful	$2,500	$5,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007B	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03	Willful	$5,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007C	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E05 I	Willful	$5,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007D	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 C	Willful	$28,000	$0	Jun 30, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01007E	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Willful	$28,000	$0	Jun 30, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01008A	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 I	Serious	$1,000	$1,000	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01008B	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01008C	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 III	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01009A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Willful	$9,000	$5,000	Feb 1, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01009B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I02 I	Willful	$0	$0	Feb 1, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01010	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01	Willful	$1,000	$0	Feb 1, 1990	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01012	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 E02	Serious	$1,000	$1,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01016	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 I	Willful	$4,000	$2,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01017	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 III	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
01018	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 IV	Willful	$8,000	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02001	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	$200	$50	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02002	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 J02	Serious	$700	$300	Mar 20, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02003	1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C	Serious	$600	$250	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02004	1910.242 Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General OSHA citation code: 19100242 B	Serious	$600	$250	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F01	Serious	$400	$150	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005C	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F05 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005D	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G01	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005E	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005F	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 II	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02005G	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 III	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
02006	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 II	Other	$800	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
03001	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G02	Other	$0	$0	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
03002	1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic OSHA citation code: 19101018 O02 I	Other	$0	$0	Apr 1, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
03003	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 IB	Other	$0	$0	Mar 18, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990
03004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 IV	Other	$0	$0	Apr 15, 1989	Apr 4, 1989	Jan 22, 1990

Failure to Abate Penalties2 citations, $18,000 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
01006A	-	-	$15,000	-	-
01009A	-	-	$3,000	-	-

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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