O'NEAL STEEL LLC
2600 SERGEANT RD, WATERLOO, IA 50704 · NAICS 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
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Inspection records
Feb 15, 2023#346508435Feb 15, 2023Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#346508435$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #346508435
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 15, 2023
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 15, 2023
- Closed
- May 11, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 26
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2600 Sergeant Rd, Waterloo, IA 50704
- Industry
- 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Sep 4, 2019#344288733Sep 4, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344288733$11,3664 viol.4 violations$11,366 in penalties
Inspection #344288733
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 4, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 4, 2019
- Final Order
- Nov 8, 2019
- Closed
- Dec 5, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $11,366
- Penalties on Record
- $11,366
- Site Address
- 2600 Sergeant Rd, Waterloo, IA 50704
- Industry
- 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee lacerates hand when caught in metal cutting bandsaw
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C04 I | Other | 1 | 3 | $5,683 | $5,683 | - | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| 01001B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C04 II | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | - | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| 01002A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Other | 1 | 3 | $5,683 | $5,683 | - | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| 01002B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 I02 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | - | Nov 8, 2019 |
Apr 29, 2008#312240328Apr 29, 2008Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#312240328$1,3132 viol.2 violations$1,313 in penalties
Inspection #312240328
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 29, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- May 27, 2008
- Closed
- Jun 26, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 80
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,625
- Penalties on Record
- $1,313
- Site Address
- 2600 Sergeant Road, Waterloo, IA 50701
- Industry
- 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $2,625 | $1,313 | Jul 28, 2008 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jul 28, 2008 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
3 inspections, 2008 to 2023. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 24,707 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers reported 3.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.5%; NAICS 4235 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source