Establishment profile
PIONEER FORGE
101 INDUSTRIAL AVE., PIONEER, OH, 43554
Operated by Pioneer Forge
332111 — Iron and Steel Forging
EIN 331009205
Summary
PIONEER FORGE has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $28,557 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 83rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 291 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 86th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PIONEER FORGE 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
86% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · 25 citations in this view · $28,557 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1904.0004 A | 3 | 1 | $1,470 | Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0029 B01 | 3 | 1 | $1,470 | Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $3,762 | Apr 2001 | Nov 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L03 II | 1 | 1 | $5,390 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 D03 | 1 | 1 | $1,850 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 B01 | 1 | 1 | $1,850 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 G08 IIB | 1 | 1 | $1,850 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 J02 | 1 | 1 | $1,850 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | Nov 2014 | Nov 2014 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $925 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $925 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $925 | May 2001 | May 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 H02 | 1 | 1 | $840 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A05 | 1 | 1 | $840 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $840 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $680 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 1 | 1 | $675 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | $675 | Apr 2001 | Apr 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 A02 | 1 | 1 | $490 | Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 O01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 |
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 most other employers in NAICS 3321 within OH. Peer group: 291 employers. This establishment has 29 OSHA violations; peer median is 9.
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 57 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) · Feb 2016
Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2016 | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 PIONEER FORGE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PIONEER FORGE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PIONEER FORGE. 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 PIONEER FORGE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PIONEER FORGE. 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIONEER FORGE 101 INDUSTRIAL AVE. · PIONEER, OH, 43554 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Feb 2015 | 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 PIONEER FORGE. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-19 | Referral | 2 | 2 | $5,390 | |
| 2014-08-29 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | |
| 2011-08-24 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $3,087 | |
| 2011-02-18 | Planned | 7 | — | $3,430 | |
| 2005-07-26 | Accident | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2001-03-23 | Planned | 8 | 7 | $10,175 | |
| 2001-03-23 | Planned | 10 | 8 | $5,225 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PIONEER FORGE is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Pioneer Forge.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Pioneer Forge across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in iron and steel forging within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- CANTON DROP FORGE, INC.CANTON — 3 federal enforcement records
- SIFCO FORGE GROUPCLEVELAND — 3 federal enforcement records
- THE DAYTON FORGING AND HEAT TREATING COMPANYDAYTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- COLUMBUS STEEL CASTINGSCOLUMBUS — 2 federal enforcement records
- MID-WEST FORGE CORPORATIONCLEVELAND — 2 federal enforcement records
- EDGERTON FORGE, INC.EDGERTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- T & W FORGE INC.ALLIANCE — 2 federal enforcement records
- REPUBLIC STEELCANTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- TEKFOR USAWOOSTER — 2 federal enforcement records
- THE DAYTON FORGING & HEAT TREATING COMPANYDAYTON — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PIONEER FORGE 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 PIONEER FORGE's OSHA violation history?
- PIONEER FORGE has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $28,556.5 in total penalties.
- How does PIONEER FORGE's safety record compare to its industry?
- PIONEER FORGE operates in the iron and steel forging industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.4. PIONEER FORGE's self-reported DART rate is 7.49 compared to an industry average of 3.3.