Federal inspectors have found a Syracuse iron foundry, operating for more than 150 years, continued its pattern of violating federal regulations with more than two dozen willful, repeat, serious, and other violations.
OSHA cited Frazer and Jones LLC in October 2024 for exposing employees to fire, explosion, burns, falls, and other hazards. In 2023 it had two serious citations; in 2021 it settled 60 violations for $276,189 from a 2019 inspection.
This inspection resulted in four willful, 13 repeat, seven serious, and three other-than-serious violations, totaling $990,186 in proposed fines. Hazards included uncapped gas vent lines, crane deficiencies, unguarded surfaces, confined-space asphyxiation, lock-out failures, burns, chemical exposures, and silica overexposure.
