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MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.

2201 TRINE ST., MIDDLETOWN, OH, 45044
331210Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel

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OSHA inspections
16
over 32 years
Violations
89
$208,146 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC. has accumulated 89 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $208,146 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 179 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
16
0.5 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
89
2.8 / yr
Penalties
$208,146
$2,339 avg / violation
72% serious28% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 16
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 16

88% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 13 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 · 46 citations in this view · $159,080 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0176$25,900Oct 1993Jul 2023
5A000143$29,573Dec 1997Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I33$6,900Oct 1993Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0178 L33$6,400Oct 1993Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I33$2,950Oct 1993Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$15,350Oct 1993Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I22$15,350Oct 1993Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0122$5,500Dec 1997Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0722$2,300Oct 1993Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III22$1,950Dec 2003Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I22$1,500Oct 1993Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$1,363Nov 2003Feb 2010
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0222$1,300Oct 1993Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0222$1,000Oct 1993Dec 2003
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I B22Jun 2012Jan 2021
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22Oct 1993Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0411$15,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$15,000Dec 1997Dec 1997
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0211$6,144Jan 2021Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0311$5,600Dec 1997Dec 1997

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3312 within OH. Peer group: 179 employers. This establishment has 89 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $7,000
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 2

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
−1.6
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.8

Reported for 96 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.6
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
4
Complaint
10
Follow-up
2

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) · Nov 2018

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified

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
Nov 7, 2018Fall, slip, trip, unspecifiedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized

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
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 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 MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC., not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
3

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 MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC. 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.). 3 cases · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
09-CA-043437Unfair labor practiceFeb 2007Feb 2007ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
09-CA-041473Unfair labor practiceOct 2004Aug 2006ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
09-CA-040722Unfair labor practiceDec 2003Dec 2004ClosedRegion 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

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 MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS INC
2201 TRINE STREET · MIDDLETOWN, OH, 45044
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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 MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2023-03-03Complaint11$5,000
2020-08-04Complaint66$18,783
2012-03-27Complaint86$13,400
2010-02-02Planned31$613
2010-02-02Planned55$2,800
2007-12-03Planned0$0
2007-12-03Planned0$0
2003-11-03Complaint22$1,500
2003-11-03Complaint1413$13,000
2000-11-30Complaint11$2,200
2000-03-27Follow-up1$0
2000-03-27Follow-up21$5,200
1997-10-01Complaint55$14,000
1997-06-17Complaint21$8,000
1997-06-17Complaint1910$115,600
1993-09-16Complaint2012$8,050

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 MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, 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.

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Frequently asked

What is MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC. has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 89 violations and $208,145.8 in total penalties.
How does MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC. operates in the iron and steel pipe and tube manufacturing from purchased steel industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.04 compared to an industry average of 1.6.