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STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC

2224 E HWY 619, RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY, 42642
Operated by Stephens Pipe and Steel · 1 of 11 establishments
EIN 262319757

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OSHA inspections
5
over 37 years
Violations
22
$8,670 in penalties
Penalties
$8,670
$394 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $8,670 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 80th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 16 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 80th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 18 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
5
0.1 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
22
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$8,670
$394 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 5

80% 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $8,670 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$900Oct 1989Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0095 D0122Oct 1989Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0122Oct 1989Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0122Oct 1989Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0095 K0122Oct 1989Mar 2006
29 CFR 2031.00411$1,875Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0211$1,875Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$900Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811$900Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111$900Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$900Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$420Oct 1989Oct 1989
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711Feb 2008Feb 2008
29 CFR 1910.1000 E11Mar 2006Mar 2006
29 CFR 1910.0095 L0111Oct 1989Oct 1989
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0111Oct 1989Oct 1989
29 CFR 1910.0095 I0111Oct 1989Oct 1989

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

80th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3322 within KY. Peer group: 16 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,275
Inspection frequency
80th
peer median: 1

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
0.5
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
0.5
vs industry
−2.0

Reported for 250 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.5
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
2
Complaint
2
Accident
1

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 STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 18+ years. Most recent activity: 18 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 STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. 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 STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
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). 3 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC
5979 S KY 76 · RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY, 42642
RCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
10Jun 2025View →
STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC
2224 E HWY 619 · RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY, 42642
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Feb 2022View →
STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC
1413 STEVE WARINER DR · RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY, 42642
Water00Nov 2013View →

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
280534
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 STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$16K
Obligated (all-time)
$31K
Awards
4
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$16K
Company-wide — HOUCHENS INDUSTRIES, INC. (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$16K
Obligated (all-time)
$16K
Awards (all-time)
1

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Veterans Affairs$16K
Department of Defense$9K
Department of Justice$6K
Department of Homeland Security$0
Largest awards
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SECURITY FENCING
    contract · Last action 2025-08-19
    $16,204
  • Department of Defense
    PURCHASE FENCE PARTS
    contract · Last action 2013-09-26
    $9,074
  • Department of Justice
    151060 PIPE FOR SWEAT LODGE
    contract · Last action 2010-10-26
    $5,810
  • Department of Homeland Security
    200 SILVER SERIES 10X10X6 PRE-FAB DOG KENNELS IN SUPPORT OF DISASTER NUMBER DR-1603.
    contract · Last action 2010-11-23
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 238990 - ALL OTHER SPECIALTY TRADE CONTRACTORS. Last action: 2025-08-19. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2008-02-11Complaint1$0
2005-11-09Planned73$3,750
2002-01-17Accident55$4,500
2001-03-05Planned0$0
1989-04-17Complaint93$420

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC is one of 11 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Stephens Pipe and Steel.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Stephens Pipe and Steel across all 11 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC 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 Stephens Pipe and Steel, which operates 11 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 STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC's OSHA violation history?
STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $8,670 in total penalties.