Establishment profile
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.
472 BARELL AVENUE, CARLSTADT, NJ, 07072
Operated by CURTISS WRIGHT CORP · 1 of 60 establishments
Summary
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC. has accumulated 51 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $12,630 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 69,783 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 24 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 29 citations in this view · $11,015 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 III | 3 | 3 | $1,590 | Mar 1988 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 3 | 2 | $615 | Mar 1988 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 IV | 3 | 3 | — | Aug 1975 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0110 E04 III | 2 | 2 | $1,050 | Dec 1990 | Mar 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 M01 | 2 | 2 | $390 | Dec 1990 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A | 2 | 1 | — | Aug 1975 | Aug 1975 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 B | 1 | 1 | $1,200 | Mar 1994 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 B05 | 1 | 1 | $750 | Mar 2002 | Mar 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II | 1 | 1 | $700 | Mar 1994 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | $700 | Mar 1994 | Mar 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 G01 | 1 | 1 | $600 | Mar 2002 | Mar 2002 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | $480 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G08 | 1 | 1 | $480 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $480 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0038 A01 | 1 | 1 | $390 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | $390 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0213 B03 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 A | 1 | 1 | $300 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IV | 1 | 1 | $300 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 II | 1 | 1 | $300 | Dec 1990 | Dec 1990 |
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. Peer group: 69,783 employers. This establishment has 51 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 24+ years. Most recent activity: 24 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 METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 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 METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 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 METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
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 · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
METAL IMPROVEMENT CO 472 BARELL AVE · CARLSTADT, NJ, 07072 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Mar 1986 | 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 METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-16 | Complaint | 5 | 5 | $2,100 | |
| 1994-04-12 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-02-25 | Planned | 7 | 5 | $3,800 | |
| 1991-01-31 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1990-10-29 | Planned | 17 | 16 | $5,840 | |
| 1988-02-05 | Planned | 9 | 4 | $800 | |
| 1984-02-09 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-07-15 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-03-05 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1975-08-19 | Planned | 12 | — | $90 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC. is one of 60 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CURTISS WRIGHT CORP.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CURTISS WRIGHT CORP across all 60 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by CURTISS WRIGHT CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC.ADDISON, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- METAL IMPROVEMENT LLCNORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- METAL IMPROVEMENT CO., INC.LIVERMORE, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANYFREMONT, IN — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY LLCMILWAUKIE, OR — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLCWINDSOR, CT — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, INC.CHARLOTTE, NC — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COE FARMINGDALE, NY — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT INC.WICHITA, KS — 1 federal enforcement record
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLCTWINSBURG, OH — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All CURTISS WRIGHT CORP locationsParent rollup
- Employers in NJState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 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 CURTISS WRIGHT CORP, which operates 60 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY INC. has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 51 violations and $12,630 in total penalties.