Establishment profile
TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC.
300 - 322 JACKSON, TOPEKA, KS, 66603
Operated by HME, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
Summary
TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC. has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $560 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 17,755 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 81st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 40 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
50% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 9 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $560 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 2 | 1 | $290 | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 1 | $150 | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 G05 IV | 1 | 1 | $100 | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $20 | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 G05 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 0331 within KS. Peer group: 17,755 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 67 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.
Inspection breakdown
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) · Sep 2017
Most frequent event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2017 | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 40+ years. Most recent activity: 40 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 TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., 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 TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., 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 TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOPEKA FOUNDRY AND IRONWORKS CO 300 JACKSON ST · TOPEKA, KS, 66603 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Jul 2021 | View → |
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 TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-05-13 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-03-11 | Planned | 11 | 4 | $560 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization HME, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of HME, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by HME, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- HME INCWYOMING, MI — 0 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All HME, Inc locationsParent rollup
- NAICS 033All employers in this industry
- Employers in KSState-wide enforcement data
- Industry in KSIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., 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.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup HME, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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- TOPEKA FOUNDRY & IRONWORKS CO., INC. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $560 in total penalties.