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WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1)

406 N. DIVISION ST., WAUPACA, WI, 54981
Operated by Waupaca Foundry, Inc · 1 of 10 establishments
331511Iron Foundries
EIN 390880924

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OSHA inspections
18
over 40 years
Violations
127
$79,616 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
1 fatality · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) has accumulated 127 OSHA violations across 18 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $79,616 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 182 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) 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

Inspections
18
0.5 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
127
3.2 / yr
Penalties
$79,616
$627 avg / violation
57% serious43% other
Inspection trigger · planned
11 of 18
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 18

94% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 16 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 · 61 citations in this view · $59,638 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1000 E75Mar 1986Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0166$10,375Mar 1986Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0166$7,150Mar 1988Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.1000 C55$3,443Mar 1986Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0155$1,050Mar 1988Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I44$8,850Dec 1991Feb 1997
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II44$4,238Nov 1988Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I33$1,000Dec 1991Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II33Dec 1991Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II22$4,500Dec 1991Jan 1993
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0222$2,675May 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I21$1,875Dec 1991Dec 1991
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I22$1,333Jan 1998Jul 1999
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$1,100Dec 1991Jan 1998
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0422$500Mar 1988Jan 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922Mar 1988Nov 1988
29 CFR 1910.0146 E0111$3,000Jul 1997Jul 1997
29 CFR 1910.0146 D03 III11$3,000Jul 1997Jul 1997
29 CFR 1910.0146 D05 I11$3,000Jul 1997Jul 1997
29 CFR 1910.0023 A03 II11$2,550Feb 2014Feb 2014

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

93rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3315 within WI. Peer group: 182 employers. This establishment has 127 OSHA violations; peer median is 15.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
90th
peer median: $11,242
Inspection frequency
88th
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
4.9
vs industry
+1.9
TRIR
7.0
vs industry
+1.5

Reported for 421 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
5.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.0
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
11
Complaint
3
Accident
1
Referral
1

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) · Jan 2016 – Nov 2021 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
5
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Nov 2, 2021Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Nov 11, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Feb 24, 2019Struck against moving part of machinery or equipmentForearm(s)Hospitalized
Dec 4, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
Jan 15, 2016Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedBrainHospitalized

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Apr 5, 1997ASPHYXIATED,VAPOR,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,AIR CONTAMINATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE,CHEMICALFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

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)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1). Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1). Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1). 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 WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1). Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
5

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: 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
WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC - PLANT 1
406 N DIVISION ST · WAUPACA, WI, 54981
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 5
30May 2025View →

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 WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1). Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-08-26Monitoring0$0
2015-04-08Follow-up11$5,000
2013-09-10Planned1010$11,119
2013-09-10Planned11$2,975
1999-01-14Planned86$3,413
1997-10-15Planned51$400
1997-10-15Planned149$4,600
1997-04-05Accident77$12,000
1997-01-23Complaint1$0
1994-05-25Referral22$2,500
1993-05-06Planned96$5,125
1992-12-09Complaint21$8,300
1992-12-09Complaint119$6,100
1991-11-25Planned139$8,975
1991-06-26Planned116$6,800
1988-08-16Planned82$450
1988-02-05Planned13$1,760
1985-08-21Planned113$100

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) is one of 10 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Waupaca Foundry, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Waupaca Foundry, Inc across all 10 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) 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 Waupaca Foundry, Inc, which operates 10 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 WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1)'s OSHA violation history?
WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) has 18 OSHA inspections on record with 127 violations and $79,616.1 in total penalties.
How does WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1)'s safety record compare to its industry?
WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) operates in the iron foundries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.5. WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1)'s self-reported DART rate is 4.88 compared to an industry average of 3.
Has WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1) had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC. (PLANT 1).