Establishment profile
UNITED STEEL, INC.
164 SCHOOL STREET, EAST HARTFORD, CT, 06108
238120 — Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
Summary
UNITED STEEL, INC. has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $9,205 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 4,563 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
UNITED STEEL, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
67% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $9,205 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $3,181 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0332 B01 | 1 | 1 | $2,545 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 C05 | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 IA | 1 | 1 | $680 | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E01 | 1 | 1 | $600 | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 H01 | 1 | 1 | $600 | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G03 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D03 IIIB2 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 H02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 D03 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 L01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 M02 IIE | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 V | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | Jun 2001 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 2381 within CT. Peer group: 4,563 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 177 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
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
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 2016 – Sep 2023 · 4 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2023 | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Hospitalized | |
| May 23, 2023 | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fingertip(s) | Amputation | |
| May 23, 2016 | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Finger(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
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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 period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2020 | Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | — | — | 0 | — | — |
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 UNITED STEEL, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in CT — for UNITED STEEL, INC., not this location alone
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 STEEL, INC. 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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34-CA-010653 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2003 | Nov 2003 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 34-CA-010621 | Unfair labor practice | Sep 2003 | Dec 2003 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 34-CA-010552 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2003 | Mar 2004 | Closed | Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts |
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 STEEL, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNITED STEEL, INC.. 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNITED STEEL, INC 164 SCHOOL STREET · EAST HARTFORD, CT, 06108 | AirWaterRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Feb 2016 | View → |
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)
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 UNITED STEEL, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-30 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-08-27 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $5,725 | |
| 2001-04-27 | Planned | 19 | 7 | $3,480 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in structural steel and precast concrete contractors within CT, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- UNITED STEEL, INC.WEST HARTFORD — 2 federal enforcement records
- ERECTION AND WELDING CONTRACTORS, LLCMANCHESTER — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STEEL, INC.BRIDGEPORT — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STEEL, INC.WEST HARTFORD — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STEEL, INC.SIMSBURY — 2 federal enforcement records
- COAST TO COAST INSTALLATIONS, INC.WINDSOR — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNITED STEEL, INC.RIDGEFIELD — 2 federal enforcement records
- TWIN FORK ENTERPRISES, LLC.TORRINGTON — 1 federal enforcement record
- TWIN FORK ENTERPRISES, LLCBROOKFIELD — 1 federal enforcement record
- AMERICAN BUILDING, LLCSTAMFORD — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNITED STEEL, 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is UNITED STEEL, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- UNITED STEEL, INC. has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $9,205 in total penalties.
- How does UNITED STEEL, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- UNITED STEEL, INC. operates in the structural steel and precast concrete contractors industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. UNITED STEEL, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 4.35 compared to an industry average of 1.3.