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REPUBLIC STEEL

1807 EAST 28TH STREET, LORAIN, OH, 44055
Operated by Republic Steel · 1 of 26 establishments
EIN 200485783

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OSHA inspections
17
over 14 years
Violations
55
$585,881 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
1 fatality · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 11 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

REPUBLIC STEEL has accumulated 55 OSHA violations across 17 inspections over 14 years of recorded history, with $585,881 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 102 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

REPUBLIC STEEL 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
17
1.2 / yr · last 14 yrs
Violations
55
3.9 / yr
Penalties
$585,881
$10,652 avg / violation
45% serious55% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 17
Inspection trigger · referral
7 of 17

71% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 12 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3311 within OH. Peer group: 102 employers. This establishment has 55 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $7,465
Inspection frequency
97th
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
3.3
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
6.7
vs industry
+4.8

Reported for 50 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
6.7
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

Complaint
8
Referral
7
Follow-up
1

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) · Sep 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, 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
Sep 28, 2015Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecifiedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedHospitalized

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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Feb 14, 2014Caught In,Crushing,Ladder,Nip Point,Railroad,Railroad CarFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
10 years ago

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 REPUBLIC STEEL. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for REPUBLIC STEEL. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for Republic Steel, not this location alone

Total cases
33
Unfair labor practice
33

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 Republic Steel 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.). 33 cases · 33 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-304962Unfair labor practiceOct 2022Jan 2025ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-303803Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Feb 2024ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-303409Unfair labor practiceSep 2022Feb 2024ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-297329Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Jan 2023ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-297160Unfair labor practiceJun 2022Jan 2025ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-285959Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Dec 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-285213Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Dec 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-283893Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Oct 2021ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-271919Unfair labor practiceJan 2021Mar 2026ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-220389Unfair labor practiceMay 2018Jul 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
03-CA-216338Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
08-CA-205961Unfair labor practiceSep 2017Apr 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-203926Unfair labor practiceAug 2017Nov 2017ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-197493Unfair labor practiceApr 2017May 2017ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-170372Unfair labor practiceFeb 2016Apr 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-169354Unfair labor practiceFeb 2016Mar 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-164459Unfair labor practiceNov 2015Feb 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-162845Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Jan 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-162844Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-162830Unfair labor practiceOct 2015May 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-162829Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-162000Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Jan 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-150221Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Mar 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-143786Unfair labor practiceDec 2014Feb 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-142803Unfair labor practiceDec 2014Feb 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-142218Unfair labor practiceDec 2014Dec 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-140323Unfair labor practiceNov 2014May 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-140318Unfair labor practiceNov 2014Jan 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-127818Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Jul 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-111638Unfair labor practiceAug 2013Oct 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-099313Unfair labor practiceFeb 2013Apr 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-094353Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-094352Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Dec 2012ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, 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 REPUBLIC STEEL. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for REPUBLIC STEEL. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for REPUBLIC STEEL. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-10-28Complaint0$0
2015-04-21Complaint119$23,000
2015-02-25Complaint0$0
2015-02-10Complaint31$21,500
2014-12-30Complaint21$3,000
2014-12-22Complaint2$27,500
2014-06-25Referral53$6,500
2014-06-16Referral0$0
2014-05-15Referral11$1,925
2014-05-05Complaint0$0
2014-02-14Fatality/Catastrophe11$7,000
2013-11-30Referral11$1,000
2013-09-16Referral205$439,624
2013-09-12Referral1$30,520
2013-06-21Referral31$18,312
2013-01-18Follow-up0$0
2011-12-19Complaint52$6,000

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

REPUBLIC STEEL is one of 26 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Republic Steel.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Republic Steel across all 26 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on REPUBLIC STEEL 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 Republic Steel, which operates 26 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is REPUBLIC STEEL's OSHA violation history?
REPUBLIC STEEL has 17 OSHA inspections on record with 55 violations and $585,881 in total penalties.
Has REPUBLIC STEEL had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving REPUBLIC STEEL.