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WEIRTON STEEL CORPORATION
$150,760
penalties
194
viol.
78
insp.

WEIRTON STEEL CORPORATION

BOP MAIN STREET, WEIRTON, WV 26062NAICS 331111

Inspections
78
Aug 1973 to Jul 2003 · 60 safety, 18 health
Violations
194
across 78 inspections
Penalties on record
$150,760
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 98Willful 5Repeat 7Other 82

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Inspection records

Jul 23, 2003Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#116217480$5,0001 viol.

Inspection #116217480

Dates

Opened
Jul 23, 2003
Closing Conference Date
Jul 23, 2003
Contested
Sep 24, 2003
Final Order
Oct 1, 2004
Closed
Feb 10, 2005

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
3,586
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$5,000
Penalties on Record
$5,000
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001B1910.333
Electrical - Selection and Use of Work Practices
OSHA citation code: 19100333 C06
Serious12$5,000$5,000Sep 19, 2003Sep 24, 2003Oct 1, 2004
Aug 5, 2002Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#300467693$00 viol.

Inspection #300467693

Dates

Opened
Aug 5, 2002
Closing Conference Date
Aug 26, 2002
Closed
Sep 24, 2002

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,000
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Dec 19, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#300466992$00 viol.

Inspection #300466992

Dates

Opened
Dec 19, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Dec 19, 2001
Closed
Dec 19, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Dec 5, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#300463296$03 viol.

Inspection #300463296

Dates

Opened
Dec 5, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Dec 5, 2001
Closed
Dec 26, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
3 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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 (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 A06
Other12$0$0Dec 27, 2001--
010021910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 G05
Other12$0$0Dec 27, 2001--
010031910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01
Other12$0$0Dec 27, 2001--
Oct 25, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#300465390$4,0001 viol.

Inspection #300465390

Dates

Opened
Oct 25, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Oct 25, 2001
Contested
Dec 5, 2001
Final Order
Jul 14, 2002
Closed
Oct 1, 2002

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
3,900
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 unclassified
Initial Penalties
$5,000
Penalties on Record
$4,000
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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 (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Unclassified21$5,000$4,000Nov 29, 2001Dec 5, 2001Jul 14, 2002
Oct 11, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#116220468$00 viol.

Inspection #116220468

Dates

Opened
Oct 11, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Oct 12, 2001
Closed
Oct 23, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,000
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Main Street, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Jul 26, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#300466661$3,2501 viol.

Inspection #300466661

Dates

Opened
Jul 26, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Jul 26, 2001
Contested
Oct 30, 2001
Final Order
Sep 20, 2002
Closed
Nov 21, 2002

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 unclassified
Initial Penalties
$5,000
Penalties on Record
$3,250
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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 (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.22
Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02
Unclassified11$5,000$3,250Oct 29, 2001Oct 30, 2001Sep 20, 2002
Mar 1, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#116218124$00 viol.

Inspection #116218124

Dates

Opened
Mar 1, 2001
Closing Conference Date
Mar 1, 2001
Closed
Mar 1, 2001

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,100
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Jun 20, 2000Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#116500521$00 viol.

Inspection #116500521

Dates

Opened
Jun 20, 2000
Closing Conference Date
Jun 20, 2000
Closed
Jun 21, 2000

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,200
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
400 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

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.

Oct 18, 1999FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#116520495$00 viol.

Inspection #116520495

Dates

Opened
Oct 18, 1999
Closing Conference Date
Dec 8, 1999
Closed
Feb 29, 2000

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
4,000
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
Route 2, Weirton, WV 26062
Industry
331111

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

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.

FatalityAmputationOct 16, 1999

Employee killed when caught between railroad cars

Injury: AmputationBody part: LegsSource: Train/Railroad EquipmentEvent: Caught In or Between
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About these records

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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.

Standards cited

1910.22Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements18 citations · $8,140
1910.252Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements13 citations · $2,500
1910.179Overhead and Gantry Cranes13 citations · $24,025

Chemical exposure sampling

Samples
3
Substances
1
Inspections
1

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.5
Industry average3.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,933
Industry average$2,943

Primary Metal Manufacturing, 9,284 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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