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SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION

4317 MIDDLE SETTLEMENT ROAD, NEW HARTFORD, NY, 13413
Operated by Special Metals Corporation · 1 of 4 establishments
331491Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding
EIN 251445468

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OSHA inspections
25
over 53 years
Violations
105
$93,704 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
7 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION has accumulated 105 OSHA violations across 25 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $93,704 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 70 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
25
0.5 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
105
2.0 / yr
Penalties
$93,704
$892 avg / violation
66% serious34% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 25
Inspection trigger · planned
10 of 25

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 13 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 · 50 citations in this view · $64,057 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0166$8,693Nov 1984Aug 2018
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I44$4,433Aug 1991Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0144$3,160Nov 1984Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0833$4,605Aug 1991Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0151 C33$2,867Mar 2000Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0433$1,808Nov 1984Feb 2004
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933$765Nov 1984Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III33$675Mar 2000Jan 2008
5A000122$10,259Dec 2005Aug 2018
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$1,975Nov 1976Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0095 I02 I22$1,125Mar 2000Apr 2004
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$1,125Nov 1976Apr 2004
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$975Aug 1991Aug 2018
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0422$683Nov 1984Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0122$585Aug 1991Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 III22Mar 2000Jan 2008
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0122Aug 1991Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$7,391Aug 2018Aug 2018
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,391Aug 2018Aug 2018
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$5,543Aug 2018Aug 2018

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3314 within NY. Peer group: 70 employers. This establishment has 105 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $3,195
Inspection frequency
97th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.9
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−3.2

Reported for 66 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
3.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
10
Complaint
10
Referral
1
Follow-up
4

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 SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 202011

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2018 – Feb 2020Iron and Steel MillsFLSA10

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 SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NY — for Special Metals Corporation, not this location alone

Total cases
13
Unfair labor practice
13

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Special Metals Corporation locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 13 cases · 13 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
03-CA-337041Unfair labor practiceMar 2024Mar 2024ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-247136Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-075440Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Aug 2012ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-067775Unfair labor practiceOct 2011May 2012ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-028159Unfair labor practiceAug 2011Oct 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-028042Unfair labor practiceApr 2011Jul 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-028041Unfair labor practiceApr 2011Jul 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-028008Unfair labor practiceMar 2011May 2012ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027948Unfair labor practiceJan 2011Oct 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027938Unfair labor practiceJan 2011Jan 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027843Unfair labor practiceNov 2010Oct 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027564Unfair labor practiceMar 2010May 2011ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027353Unfair labor practiceSep 2009Nov 2009ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
12

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation.

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
SPECIAL METALS CORP
4317 MIDDLE SETTLEMENT RD · NEW HARTFORD, NY, 13413
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation
QNCR 12
20Dec 2024View →

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
19541
Operation
A

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 SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-04-12Complaint77$35,107
2009-03-12Follow-up0$0
2009-03-12Follow-up0$0
2007-10-12Planned99$7,395
2007-10-12Planned115$6,965
2005-11-22Referral22$2,040
2003-12-29Planned99$8,100
2003-12-29Planned87$5,662
2000-01-03Planned149$6,825
2000-01-03Planned138$5,915
1998-05-26Complaint54$8,625
1992-11-23Complaint0$0
1991-07-23Planned86$5,070
1989-06-15Complaint11$490
1984-11-14Planned8$0
1983-11-15Complaint0$0
1982-03-22Planned0$0
1981-02-19Complaint0$0
1979-10-10Complaint0$0
1979-05-25Complaint11$720
1976-10-21Planned71$700
1975-02-12Follow-up0$0
1974-07-30Complaint0$0
1974-06-20Follow-up0$0
1973-06-06Complaint2$90

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION is one of 4 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Special Metals Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Special Metals Corporation across all 4 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Special Metals Corporation, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Special Metals Corporation, which operates 4 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION has 25 OSHA inspections on record with 105 violations and $93,703.8 in total penalties.
How does SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION operates in the nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, and extruding industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.2. SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.9.