Establishment profile
OLYMPIC STEEL INC
1 EASTERN STEEL ROAD, MILFORD, CT, 06460
Operated by Olympic Steel · 1 of 11 establishments
423510 — Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 341245650
Summary
OLYMPIC STEEL INC has accumulated 39 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 34 years of recorded history, with $34,316 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 27 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
OLYMPIC STEEL 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
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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 · $34,316 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 3 | 3 | $11,975 | Jan 1992 | Jun 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 2 | 2 | $6,525 | Jan 1992 | May 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 M01 | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 1992 | Jan 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $6,216 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,125 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $1,125 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0029 B01 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | May 2009 | May 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 I02 | 1 | 1 | $675 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | $675 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | $500 | Jan 1992 | Jan 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0007 B05 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2008 | Apr 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0007 B04 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2008 | Apr 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 B03 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2008 | Apr 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1998 | Jan 1998 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0179 J02 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1998 | Jan 1998 |
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 4235 within CT. Peer group: 27 employers. This establishment has 39 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
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 59 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 2022 – May 2025
Most frequent event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2025 | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 1998 | STEEL PLATE,FRACTURE,DUMPSTER,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INATTENTION | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for OLYMPIC STEEL INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OLYMPIC STEEL 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 OLYMPIC STEEL 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 OLYMPIC STEEL INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OLYMPIC STEEL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLYMPIC STEEL 1 EASTERN STEEL RD · MILFORD, CT, 06460 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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 OLYMPIC STEEL INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
- Department of JusticeSTEELcontract · Last action 2008-09-25$47,240
- Department of JusticeSTEELcontract · Last action 2007-11-20$5,603
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332322 - SHEET METAL WORK MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2008-09-25. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-08 | Referral | 1 | — | $8,550 | |
| 2022-05-02 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $6,216 | |
| 2009-01-20 | Referral | 2 | — | $6,000 | |
| 2008-03-31 | Complaint | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-01-08 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $2,750 | |
| 1998-01-15 | Referral | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1991-09-16 | Complaint | 28 | 13 | $10,800 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
OLYMPIC STEEL INC is one of 11 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Olympic Steel.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Olympic Steel across all 11 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers within CT, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- YARDE METALSSOUTHINGTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- THE CHAPIN & BANGS COMPANYBRIDGEPORT — 2 federal enforcement records
- YARDE METALS, INC.BRISTOL — 2 federal enforcement records
- PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY, INCNAUGATUCK — 2 federal enforcement records
- INFRA-METALS COMPANYWALLINGFORD — 2 federal enforcement records
- BUSHWICK METALS, INC.BRIDGEPORT — 2 federal enforcement records
- BRIDGEPORT SCRAP METALS, INC.BRIDGEPORT — 1 federal enforcement record
- FUTURE METALS, LLCWALLINGFORD — 1 federal enforcement record
- GIBBS WIRE & STEEL COMPANY, INC.PLANTSVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
- NESSTEEL INC.TOLLAND — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Olympic Steel, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- OLYMPIC STEEL INCROSEVILLE, MN — 2 federal enforcement records
- OLYMPIC STEELMINNEAPOLIS, MN — 2 federal enforcement records
- OLYMPIC STEELDETROIT, MI — 1 federal enforcement record
- OLYMPIC STEELERIE, MI — 1 federal enforcement record
- OLYMPIC STEEL INCMINNEAPOLIS, MN — 1 federal enforcement record
- OLYMPIC STEEL, INC.WINDER, GA — 1 federal enforcement record
- OLYMPIC STEEL, INC.WINDER, GA — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Olympic Steel locationsParent rollup
- Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant WholesalersAll employers in this industry
- Employers in CTState-wide enforcement data
- Metal Service Centers in CTIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OLYMPIC STEEL 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 Olympic Steel, which operates 11 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is OLYMPIC STEEL INC's OSHA violation history?
- OLYMPIC STEEL INC has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 39 violations and $34,316 in total penalties.
- How does OLYMPIC STEEL INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- OLYMPIC STEEL INC operates in the metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.3. OLYMPIC STEEL INC's self-reported DART rate is 1.59 compared to an industry average of 2.5.