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UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION

726 BELL AVENUE, CARNEGIE, PA, 15106
Operated by AMEREN CORP · 1 of 179 establishments
332111Iron and Steel Forging
EIN 251571666

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OSHA inspections
12
over 41 years
Violations
40
$64,468 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
5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION has accumulated 40 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $64,468 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 91st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 190 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION 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
12
0.3 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
40
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$64,468
$1,612 avg / violation
58% serious42% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 12
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 12

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 24 citations in this view · $64,418 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A33$3,650Apr 1986Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$20,000Aug 2011Jan 2012
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$2,800Apr 1986Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$5,628Jul 2016Jul 2016
29 CFR 1910.0179 N03 III A11$5,250Jun 2015Jun 2015
5A000111$4,900Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$4,900Jun 2011Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$3,500Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$3,500Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$2,800Aug 2011Aug 2011
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111$2,100Jun 2016Jun 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$2,100Jun 2011Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0026 C03 VI11$2,100Jun 2011Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 D11$240Apr 1986Apr 1986
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVC11$200Apr 1986Apr 1986
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$200Jan 1985Jan 1985
29 CFR 1910.0242 A11$150Apr 1986Apr 1986
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$150Apr 1986Apr 1986
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V11$150Apr 1986Apr 1986
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVD11$100Apr 1986Apr 1986

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

91st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3321 within PA. Peer group: 190 employers. This establishment has 40 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $4,191
Inspection frequency
95th
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
8.8
vs industry
+5.5
TRIR
14.8
vs industry
+9.3

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
5.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
14.8
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
3
Referral
2
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) · Apr 2015 – Jul 2017

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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
Jul 25, 2017Contact with hot objects or substancesMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Apr 15, 2015Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle partFinger(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
10 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 10 months 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 CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-199541Unfair labor practiceMay 2017Aug 2017ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-155351Unfair labor practiceJul 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-152741Unfair labor practiceMay 2015Aug 2015ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-060940Unfair labor practiceJul 2011Aug 2011ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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 CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION. 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
2025-08-07Planned0$0
2025-02-11Planned0$0
2016-04-22Complaint2$2,100
2016-04-19Complaint31$5,628
2015-04-22Referral1$5,250
2013-03-13Planned0$0
2011-12-02Follow-up1$16,500
2011-04-26Unprogrammed Related66$11,900
2011-03-22Complaint138$21,700
1986-03-18Planned116$1,140
1985-01-30Referral0$0
1985-01-04Planned32$250

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 CORPORATION is one of 179 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 179 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 PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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 CORPORATION 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 179 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 CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 40 violations and $64,468 in total penalties.
How does UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION operates in the iron and steel forging industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.4. UNION ELECTRIC STEEL CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 8.85 compared to an industry average of 3.3.