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UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.

3702 MONTDALE PARK DR., VALPARAISO, IN, 46384
Operated by AMEREN CORP · 1 of 180 establishments
EIN 250847900

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OSHA inspections
10
over 33 years
Violations
16
$14,025 in penalties
Penalties
$14,025
$877 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP. has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 33 years of recorded history, with $14,025 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 89 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP. 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
10
0.3 / yr · last 33 yrs
Violations
16
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$14,025
$877 avg / violation
56% serious44% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 10

50% 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $14,025 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 I11$4,000Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0811$3,500Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$2,625Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$1,125May 1995May 1995
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$1,125Oct 1992Oct 1992
29 CFR 1904.0032 A0111$1,000Apr 2011Apr 2011
29 CFR 1904.0029 A11$650Apr 2011Apr 2011
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 K02 II11Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 K03 II11Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 F0811Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 D04 IX11Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 III11Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 L11Jul 1996Jul 1996
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111May 1995May 1995
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211May 1995May 1995

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

88th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3335 within IN. Peer group: 89 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $585
Inspection frequency
100th
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
2.2
vs industry
+0.9
TRIR
4.5
vs industry
+2.0

Reported for 95 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
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.5
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
4
Complaint
6

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 UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 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 UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IN — for AMEREN CORP, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
3

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 AMEREN CORP 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.). 3 cases · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
25-CA-291451Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022OpenRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-290181Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Sep 2025ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-285204Unfair labor practiceOct 2021Aug 2022ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

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 UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION
3702 MONTDALE PARK DR · VALPARAISO, IN, 46384
WaterTRINo Violation Identified00View →

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 UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — AMEREN CORPORATION (across 16 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$3.4M
Obligated (all-time)
$281.4M
Awards (all-time)
351

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2011-03-07Programmed Related2$1,650
2010-02-17Complaint87$7,500
2001-01-03Planned0$0
2000-03-03Planned0$0
1999-03-31Complaint0$0
1997-06-03Complaint0$0
1996-07-11Complaint1$0
1995-04-27Planned31$1,125
1992-08-04Complaint0$0
1992-08-04Complaint21$3,750

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP. is one of 180 establishments rolled up under the parent organization AMEREN CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of AMEREN CORP across all 180 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in this industry within IN, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

  • AMERIFABINDIANAPOLIS — 2 federal enforcement records

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by AMEREN CORP, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP. 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 AMEREN CORP, which operates 180 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 UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP.'s OSHA violation history?
UNION ELECTRIC STEEL, CORP. has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $14,025 in total penalties.