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MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.

1521 W. BRUCE ST., MILWAUKEE, WI, 53204
Operated by Mid City Foundry
EIN 390469646

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OSHA inspections
17
over 40 years
Violations
100
$54,920 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
8 National Emphasis Program inspections · 6 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MID CITY FOUNDRY CO. has accumulated 100 OSHA violations across 17 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $54,920 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 182 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 87th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 17 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
17
0.4 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
100
2.5 / yr
Penalties
$54,920
$549 avg / violation
71% serious29% other
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 17
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 17

65% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 11 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 · 46 citations in this view · $36,640 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1000 E87Aug 1990Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.1000 C76$11,825Aug 1990Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0144$2,013Jul 1985Dec 2007
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0444$1,300Jul 1985Dec 2007
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933$910Jul 1985Dec 2007
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0222$2,270Sep 1999Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0121$540Jul 1999Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0122$500May 1988Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$340Jul 1985Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I22Apr 1995Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.1028 G02 I11$4,000Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.1028 C0111$1,800Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.1028 J03 I11$1,600Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$1,600Mar 2001Mar 2001
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I11$1,593Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1910.1028 I01 I11$1,500Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.1028 E02 I11$1,500Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$1,400Mar 2001Mar 2001
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0411$975Jun 2005Jun 2005
29 CFR 1910.0305 J01 I11$975Jun 2005Jun 2005

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3315 within WI. Peer group: 182 employers. This establishment has 100 OSHA violations; peer median is 15.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
85th
peer median: $11,242
Inspection frequency
87th
peer median: 4

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
19.0
vs industry
+16.1
TRIR
20.9
vs industry
+16.4

Reported for 78 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
20.9
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
3
Referral
1
Follow-up
2

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Oct 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Oct 27, 2015Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 17+ years. Most recent activity: 17 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.. 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 MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
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). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
MID CITY FOUNDRY CO
1521 W BRUCE ST · MILWAUKEE, WI, 53204
AirNo Violation Identified
QNCR 2
20Mar 2025View →
MID CITY FOUNDRY CO
1521 W BRUCE ST · MILWAUKEE, WI, 53204
RCRATRINo Violation Identified00Aug 2010View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
1041036
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2008-10-29Complaint0$0
2008-08-19Complaint32$2,500
2008-02-26Complaint32$4,500
2007-12-12Planned33$2,958
2006-09-06Referral11$1,593
2005-01-05Planned2419$20,950
2002-04-10Monitoring0$0
2000-12-12Follow-up71$5,000
1999-05-03Planned2017$8,395
1998-09-15Planned0$0
1994-12-13Planned2018$7,800
1992-11-19Monitoring0$0
1992-02-27Monitoring0$0
1990-05-15Follow-up32$625
1988-03-30Planned63$250
1987-12-14Monitoring0$0
1985-06-24Planned103$350

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

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Part of a larger organization

MID CITY FOUNDRY CO. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Mid City Foundry.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Mid City Foundry 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 MID CITY FOUNDRY CO. 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 MID CITY FOUNDRY CO.'s OSHA violation history?
MID CITY FOUNDRY CO. has 17 OSHA inspections on record with 100 violations and $54,920 in total penalties.