Summary
KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE has accumulated 52 OSHA violations across 19 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $5,885 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,453 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 43 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
53% 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 · 24 citations in this view · $5,885 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $900 | Feb 1981 | Mar 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 I01 | 2 | 2 | $315 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1983 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 2 | 2 | — | Mar 1981 | May 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0013 A | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 1978 | May 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 J03 II | 1 | 1 | $900 | Feb 1981 | Feb 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 F02 IC | 1 | 1 | $700 | Feb 1981 | Feb 1981 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $560 | Dec 1978 | Dec 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 F04 I | 1 | 1 | $360 | Mar 1983 | Mar 1983 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 E01 | 1 | 1 | $315 | Mar 1983 | Mar 1983 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $300 | May 1978 | May 1978 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 E02 | 1 | 1 | $240 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 F03 I | 1 | 1 | $210 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 B01 | 1 | 1 | $210 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 I | 1 | 1 | $200 | Feb 1981 | Feb 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $140 | Mar 1982 | Mar 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $140 | Mar 1982 | Mar 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F01 | 1 | 1 | $140 | Mar 1982 | Mar 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 B02 | 1 | 1 | $120 | May 1982 | May 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 B01 | 1 | 1 | $105 | Mar 1982 | Mar 1982 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 C | 1 | 1 | $30 | May 1976 | May 1976 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3311 within IL. Peer group: 76,453 employers. This establishment has 52 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 919 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
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
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) · Apr 2016 – Apr 2017
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation | |
| Apr 14, 2016 | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 43+ years. Most recent activity: 43 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 KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE, not this location alone
National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE locations in the same state.
NLRB cases
National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33-CA-015644 | Unfair labor practice | Aug 2008 | Aug 2008 | Closed | Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana |
Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.
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 KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation.
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE CO 7000 SOUTH ADAMS STREET · PEORIA, IL, 61641 | AirWaterRCRATRI | Violation QNCR 12 | 4 | 0 | — | Jun 2026 | View → |
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 KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-01-19 | Follow-up | 7 | 6 | $990 | |
| 1982-02-11 | Complaint | 15 | 4 | $525 | |
| 1982-02-10 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $120 | |
| 1981-01-20 | Complaint | 5 | 4 | $2,700 | |
| 1980-11-25 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-11-12 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-10-17 | Complaint | 13 | 10 | $660 | |
| 1980-04-22 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-01-25 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-03-19 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1979-01-03 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-11-17 | Accident | 1 | 1 | $560 | |
| 1978-08-01 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-06-14 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-06-13 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-05-16 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1978-04-17 | Complaint | 3 | 1 | $300 | |
| 1976-04-27 | Accident | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-03-29 | Complaint | 3 | — | $30 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE's OSHA violation history?
- KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE has 19 OSHA inspections on record with 52 violations and $5,885 in total penalties.
- Has KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE had any workplace fatalities?
- Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE.