EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Richards Industrials
Cincinnati, OH
- Total releases
- 382 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Richards Industrials: how the 382 lbs splits
382 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 379 lbs 99.3%
- Air Releases 3 lbs 0.7%
Richards Industrials's 382 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Richards Industrials is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cincinnati, OH, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 382 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,119 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Richards Industrials is pounds #997 and chemical-count #688 at 382 lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dubois Chemicals Inc. Oakley Oh; Multi-Color Corp-Norwood; Azz Galvanizing Services-Cincinnati; Hadronics LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Ohio: Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc (dba Cmc Capitol City Steel); Whipps Inc; Nosler Inc; Engineered Controls International LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Chromium; Lead.
Richards Industrials stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.3% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 382 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc (dba Cmc Capitol City Steel) and Whipps Inc.
Richards Industrials vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
382 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Richards Industrials in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Richards Industrials reports the 1,947th-largest volume (382 lbs). Scale peers outside Ohio include Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc (dba Cmc Capitol City Steel) and Whipps Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Richards Industrials's total reported releases fell from 28 lb in 2022 to 1 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Richards Industrials's off-site transfers fell from 28 lb in 2022 to 1 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Richards Industrials Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Richards Industrials releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 382 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 99% (210 lbs to 1 lbs).
Richards Industrials: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Richards Industrials year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 99% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 210 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 62 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 81 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 28 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 2 |
Richards Industrials · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Richards Industrials
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Dubois Chemicals Inc. Oakley Oh, Multi-Color Corp-Norwood, Azz Galvanizing Services-Cincinnati, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc (dba Cmc Capitol City Steel), Whipps Inc, Nosler Inc.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nickel, Chromium, Lead; nearby reporters include Dubois Chemicals Inc. Oakley Oh. Richards Industrials stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Richards Industrials TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Richards Industrials totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cincinnati, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332911 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Hamilton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc (dba Cmc Capitol City Steel) (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Richards Industrials stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov