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NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC

6870 HGHWAY 42 EAST, GHENT, KY, 41045

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OSHA inspections
35
over 16 years
Violations
23
$73,025 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
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC has accumulated 23 OSHA violations across 35 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $73,025 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 29 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
35
2.2 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
23
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$73,025
$3,175 avg / violation
78% serious22% other
Inspection trigger · referral
17 of 35
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 35

23% 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 · $73,025 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$12,000Feb 2010Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0511$7,000Sep 2014Sep 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C02II11$7,000Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11$5,700Feb 2013Feb 2013
29 CFR 1910.0138 A11$5,700Feb 2013Feb 2013
29 CFR 1910.0176 A11$5,000Apr 2017Apr 2017
29 CFR 3380.03101 A11$5,000Jun 2014Jun 2014
338.31(1)(A)11$3,850Jun 2026Jun 2026
29 CFR 1910.0023 C11$3,500Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0137 B02VIII11$3,500Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0184 C0111$3,500Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 2031.00211$3,000Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811$2,800Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$2,375Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0023 D11$1,900Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$1,200Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 II B11Nov 2023Nov 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11Feb 2013Feb 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01IV A11Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211Jun 2012Jun 2012

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 3311 within KY. Peer group: 29 employers. This establishment has 23 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $875
Inspection frequency
100th
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
0.8
vs industry
−0.5
TRIR
1.2
vs industry
−0.7

Reported for 1,389 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.2
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
6
Referral
17

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 NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in KY — for NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
09-CA-246722Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 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

Total applications
8
Certified
8
Avg wage ratio
1.21x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
7
Quarters non-compliant
0

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). 3 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS
6870 US-42 · GHENT, KY, 41045
AirWaterTRINo Violation Identified60Jul 2025View →
NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS
6870 HWY 42 EAST · GHENT, KY, 41045
RCRANo Violation Identified10Apr 2024View →
NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS
6870 HIGHWAY 42 EAST · GHENT, KY, 41045
00View →

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

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$390K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Fraud - General

First case: 2001-02-01. Most recent: 2001-02-01. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-06-03Referral0$0
2026-01-15Complaint11$3,850
2025-06-25Unprogrammed Related0$0
2025-03-19Unprogrammed Related0$0
2025-02-13Planned0$0
2025-01-13Referral0$0
2023-10-10Referral1$0
2023-09-19Referral0$0
2023-08-02Complaint0$0
2022-08-31Complaint0$0
2022-04-21Referral0$0
2021-11-15Unprogrammed Related0$0
2021-06-23Referral0$0
2020-12-18Referral0$0
2020-08-21Unprogrammed Related0$0
2020-07-31Unprogrammed Related0$0
2019-02-04Referral0$0
2018-08-13Referral0$0
2018-07-10Referral0$0
2018-04-10Unprogrammed Related0$0
2018-03-29Complaint0$0
2018-02-13Unprogrammed Related0$0
2016-11-07Unprogrammed Related11$5,000
2015-06-26Referral0$0
2014-07-18Referral11$7,000
2014-06-26Referral0$0
2014-04-29Referral11$5,000
2014-02-21Referral0$0
2013-10-08Referral0$0
2012-08-16Referral0$0
2012-06-28Complaint33$11,400
2012-01-09Planned1410$35,775
2010-12-01Complaint0$0
2010-04-07Programmed Related0$0
2009-10-02Programmed Other11$5,000

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 NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS 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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NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS INC has 35 OSHA inspections on record with 23 violations and $73,025 in total penalties.