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BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC

502 HAZEL ST, AUBURN, IN, 46706
Operated by Evans Industries Inc
EIN 351089904

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OSHA inspections
11
over 50 years
Violations
70
$110,985 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC has accumulated 70 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $110,985 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 139 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.2 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
70
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$110,985
$1,586 avg / violation
39% serious61% other
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 11
Inspection trigger · follow-up
3 of 11

82% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 36 citations in this view · $109,005 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I55$1,955Feb 1984Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933$925Jan 1994Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0304 A0222$1,850Jan 1994Jul 2002
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$695Feb 1984Jan 1994
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0122$535Feb 1984Jan 1994
29 CFR 1910.0095 A22$90Aug 1975Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.1025 I03 II22Feb 1985Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 G02 IV22Feb 1985Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.0242 B22Jan 1994Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III22Feb 1984Jan 1994
29 CFR 1910.0303 E21Jan 1994Jan 1994
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0122Aug 1975Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.1025 J01 I11$35,000Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 F0111$35,000Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 C0111$25,000Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 H0111$3,000Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1025 I02 I11$3,000Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111$900Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.1000 B0111$600Aug 1975Aug 1975
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$455Oct 2006Oct 2006

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3315 within IN. Peer group: 139 employers. This establishment has 70 OSHA violations; peer median is 8.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $3,510
Inspection frequency
89th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
16.9
vs industry
+14.0
TRIR
22.6
vs industry
+18.1

Reported for 18 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
22.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
7
Complaint
1
Follow-up
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
12 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,573
Employees affected
7

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 8 violations · $2,573 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeOct 2013187$2,573

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 8 violations · $2,573 in backwages · 7 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2011 – Oct 2013Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting)FLSA87$2,573

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
2

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BALL BRASS & ALUMINUM FOUNDRY
525 HAZEL ST · AUBURN, IN, 46706
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 2
10Jun 2023View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2008-01-17Complaint177$101,900
2006-10-19Planned76$1,820
2002-05-29Planned72$2,340
1993-11-29Planned176$2,750
1987-04-07Planned11$150
1985-01-30Planned8$0
1984-01-24Planned83$960
1978-10-18Follow-up11$315
1977-08-25Follow-up0$0
1976-02-10Follow-up0$0
1975-07-15Planned41$750

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Evans Industries Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Evans Industries Inc across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC's OSHA violation history?
BALL BRASS AND ALUMINUM FOUNDRY INC has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 70 violations and $110,985 in total penalties.