EMI COMPANY, INC.

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, EMI COMPANY, INC. — a industry sector 00 facility located at 603 WEST 12TH STREET, ERIE, PA 16501 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 203 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $133,530.00. The inspection case was opened on 1995-01-10.

Cumulative penalties significantly exceed the national median for OSHA enforcement actions. The penalty amount suggests multiple high-gravity citations, indicating conditions that presented a substantial probability of death or serious physical harm to employees.

State Context: Within PA, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 84,409 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $3,015.83.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 203 citations spanning 3 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 8 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 7 other-than-serious — The violation has a direct relationship to job safety and health but is unlikely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning July 20, 1993 with the latest abatement deadline set for September 2, 1996. Of the 203 total citations, 10 (5%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $133,530.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $657.78 falls within the standard penalty range.

The enforcement profile for EMI Company, Inc. revealed a pervasive breakdown in industrial hygiene and chemical exposure controls, characterized by a staggering volume of 203 citations. The concentration of violations under 29 CFR 1910.1025 (Lead) and 1910.1000 (Air Contaminants) signaled a systemic failure to protect employees from chronic health hazards inherent in foundry or metalworking environments. For the workforce, these deficiencies meant daily exposure to airborne toxins—specifically lead—without the requisite biological monitoring, medical surveillance, or administrative controls necessary to prevent long-term neurological and renal damage. The penalty total of $133,530 was exceptionally high for the mid-1990s regulatory landscape, reflecting the gravity of the respiratory protection failures. The repeated citations under 1910.134 indicated that even when the employer provided respirators, they failed to implement fit testing and maintenance programs, effectively rendering the equipment unreliable or counterproductive. This pattern suggested that management viewed safety compliance as a series of isolated paperwork tasks rather than a cohesive risk-mitigation strategy. The sheer volume of violations point toward a facility where hazardous exposures were neither quantified nor controlled, representing a fundamental collapse of the Safety and Health Management System (SHMS). For legal and compliance professionals, this record serves as a primary example of how neglecting specialized health standards can lead to aggregated liabilities