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SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC.

110 MEADOW STREET, HARTFORD, CT, 06114
Operated by Shepard Steel Co., Inc · 1 of 15 establishments
332312Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
EIN 060743773

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OSHA inspections
9
over 44 years
Violations
57
$39,377 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC. has accumulated 57 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $39,377 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 136 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 44 yrs
Violations
57
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$39,377
$691 avg / violation
72% serious28% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 9
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 9

89% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · $37,853 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000133$23,813Apr 2004Dec 2022
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0133$2,365Apr 2004Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III22$675Apr 2004Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0211$1,960Mar 2011Mar 2011
29 CFR 1910.0106 E09 II11$900Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0106 D06 IV11$900Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0311$675Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0111$675Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0106 D07 I11$675Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0027 C0411$675Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0106 E07 IA11$540Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$540Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$540Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVA11$540Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0134 H02 I11$540Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0303 H02 II11$405Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11$405Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611$405Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$313Apr 2004Apr 2004
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$313Apr 2004Apr 2004

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3323 within CT. Peer group: 136 employers. This establishment has 57 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $4,573
Inspection frequency
96th
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
12.3
vs industry
+10.5
TRIR
19.7
vs industry
+16.3

Reported for 40 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
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
19.7
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

Planned
5
Complaint
2
Referral
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) · Aug 2022 – Mar 2024

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning

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
Mar 19, 2024Caught or wedged between objects nonrunningFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
Aug 26, 2022Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
5 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 5 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012Industrial Building Construction0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SHEPARD STEEL CO. 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 SHEPARD STEEL CO. 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 SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
1

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SHEPARD STEEL CO., INC.
110 MEADOW ST · HARTFORD, CT, 06114
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
10Dec 2024View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
17458
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-01-06Referral0$0
2022-08-26Planned1$17,500
2019-12-12Planned11$6,000
2011-02-28Referral21$3,920
2010-02-09Complaint1310$5,985
2010-02-09Complaint97$3,510
2004-04-06Planned11$188
2004-03-29Planned2420$2,034
1982-06-11Planned61$240

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC. is one of 15 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Shepard Steel Co., Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Shepard Steel Co., Inc across all 15 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in fabricated structural metal manufacturing within CT, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Shepard Steel Co., Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SHEPARD STEEL CO. 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 Shepard Steel Co., Inc, which operates 15 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 SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC.'s OSHA violation history?
SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC. has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 57 violations and $39,376.5 in total penalties.
How does SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC. operates in the fabricated structural metal manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. SHEPARD STEEL CO. INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 12.33 compared to an industry average of 1.8.