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UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

13TH STREET & BRADDOCK AVENUE, BRADDOCK, PA, 15104
Operated by United States Steel Corporation · 1 of 35 establishments
331110Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
13
over 45 years
Violations
7
$21,574 in penalties
Penalties
$21,574
$3,082 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 fatalities · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $21,574 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 70th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 123 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNITED STATES 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
13
0.3 / yr · last 45 yrs
Violations
7
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$21,574
$3,082 avg / violation
57% serious43% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 13

15% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $21,574 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0029 E0211$8,287Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$8,287Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0611$5,000Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Sep 2022Sep 2022
29 CFR 1910.0304 G06 VI C 811Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 II11Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV D11Mar 2016Mar 2016

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

70th

Above average violations in NAICS 3311 within PA. Peer group: 123 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
84th
peer median: $5,200
Inspection frequency
93rd
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
0.4
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
1.1
vs industry
−0.8

Reported for 902 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
1.1
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
1
Complaint
4
Accident
1
Referral
4

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) · May 2018 – Jul 2025 · 4 in last 5 years

Reports
7
Hospitalizations
7
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat

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 27, 2025Exposure to environmental heat unspecifiedBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Jun 2, 2023Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Jul 22, 2022Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feetMultiple body parts, unspecifiedHospitalized
Mar 3, 2022Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecifiedLeg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 14, 2019Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Jul 10, 2019Contact with hot objects or substancesHand(s) and wrist(s)Hospitalized
May 3, 2018Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

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 18, 1985BURN,STEAM,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,WATERFatality33

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
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for United States Steel Corporation, not this location alone

Total cases
13
Unfair labor practice
13

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 United States Steel Corporation 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.). 13 cases · 13 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-360867Unfair labor practiceFeb 2025Sep 2025ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-356040Unfair labor practiceDec 2024Dec 2024ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-314806Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Apr 2023ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-311733Unfair labor practiceFeb 2023OpenRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-301406Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-295338Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-289838Unfair labor practiceFeb 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-201927Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Sep 2017ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-157849Unfair labor practiceAug 2015Oct 2017ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-081643Unfair labor practiceMay 2012Jul 2012ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-036807Unfair labor practiceJan 2010Nov 2010ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-035854Unfair labor practiceNov 2007Jul 2008ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13-CA-041095Unfair labor practiceJun 2003Jun 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED STATES 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 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-06-06Referral0$0
2024-04-24Planned0$0
2022-07-26Referral33$16,574
2017-09-11Complaint0$0
2016-07-12Complaint0$0
2015-09-17Unprogrammed Related41$5,000
2015-09-17Unprogrammed Related0$0
2012-12-17Referral0$0
2012-07-09Referral0$0
1985-02-19Accident0$0
1983-07-21Complaint0$0
1981-02-17Follow-up0$0
1980-08-19Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION is one of 35 establishments rolled up under the parent organization United States Steel Corporation.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of United States Steel Corporation across all 35 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNITED STATES 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 United States Steel Corporation, which operates 35 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 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $21,574 in total penalties.
How does UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION operates in the iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 0.42 compared to an industry average of 1.3.
Has UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 3 fatality investigations involving UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION.