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CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.

1500 S 6TH STREET, CAMDEN, NJ, 08104
Operated by CAMDEN IRON & METAL INC · 1 of 7 establishments
423930Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 222982796

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OSHA inspections
12
over 47 years
Violations
46
$18,947 in penalties
Penalties
$18,947
$412 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC. has accumulated 46 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 47 years of recorded history, with $18,947 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 206 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in 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
12
0.3 / yr · last 47 yrs
Violations
46
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$18,947
$412 avg / violation
52% serious48% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 12
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 12

92% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 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 · 21 citations in this view · $18,797 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22$800Jun 1984Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0184 I0911$1,925Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 II11$1,540Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$1,365Jul 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.1025 L01 I11$1,200Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0095 I02 IIB11$1,200Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0095 K0211$1,200Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1025 J03 IB11$1,200Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0111$1,155Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0110 F02 I11$1,155Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$975Jul 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$825May 2006May 2006
29 CFR 1910.0307 B11$780Jul 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$657Oct 2008Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0211$585Jul 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$585Jul 1993Jul 1993
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$525Oct 2008Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$525Oct 2008Oct 2008
29 CFR 1910.0179 G0611$300Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0179 C0211$300Mar 1979Mar 1979

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4239 within NJ. Peer group: 206 employers. This establishment has 46 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $2,791
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

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
0.0
vs industry
−2.1
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−3.7

Reported for 24 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
3.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
3
Complaint
6
Referral
2
Follow-up
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) · Dec 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with objects and 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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Dec 28, 2016Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
10 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$10,645
Employees affected
2

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 3 violations · $10,645 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMay 2016132$10,645

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 3 violations · $10,645 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2014 – May 2016Recyclable Material Merchant WholesalersFLSA32$10,645

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, 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 CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, 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 CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
0
Formal actions
1
EPA penalties
$7,600

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 · $7,600 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CAMDEN IRON & METAL INC
1257 S 2ND ST · CAMDEN, NJ, 08104
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified31$7,600Mar 2023View →

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 CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-03-03Planned87$5,775
2011-02-07Complaint2$0
2008-10-08Planned33$1,707
2006-04-11Referral11$825
1993-12-20Follow-up1$0
1993-04-08Referral95$5,600
1993-03-10Complaint55$4,290
1985-09-17Complaint0$0
1985-09-12Complaint4$0
1984-04-24Planned8$0
1981-04-03Complaint11$150
1979-03-13Complaint42$600

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC. is one of 7 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CAMDEN IRON & METAL INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CAMDEN IRON & METAL INC across all 7 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, 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 CAMDEN IRON & METAL INC, which operates 7 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 CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 46 violations and $18,947 in total penalties.
How does CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC. operates in the recyclable material merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.7. CAMDEN IRON AND METAL, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.1.