WESTERN STEEL INC
775 SUMMER ST NE, SALEM, OR 97301
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Inspection records
Sep 18, 1997#301217634Sep 18, 1997Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#301217634$6,1002 viol.2 violations$6,100 in penalties
Inspection #301217634
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 18, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 18, 1997
- Closed
- Feb 7, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $6,100
- Penalties on Record
- $6,100
- Site Address
- 1243 State St, Salem, OR 97301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 703004001 | Repeat | 2 | 2 | $3,600 | $3,600 | Sep 18, 1997 | - | - |
| 01002 | 701076502 OSHA citation code: 701076502 B B | Repeat | 1 | 8 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Nov 12, 1997 | - | - |
Aug 25, 1997#301217444Aug 25, 1997Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#301217444$3,0001 viol.1 violation$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #301217444
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 25, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 10, 1997
- Closed
- Jun 2, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $3,000
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- 1243 State St, Salem, OR 97301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 703004001 | Repeat | 1 | 4 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Sep 10, 1997 | - | - |
Dec 17, 1996#301211439Dec 17, 1996Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#301211439$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #301211439
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 17, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 17, 1996
- Closed
- Dec 17, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3850 Pringle Rd Se, Salem, OR 97302
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Dec 17, 1996#301211405Dec 17, 1996Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#301211405$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #301211405
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 17, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 17, 1996
- Closed
- Nov 23, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3850 Pringle Rd Se, Salem, OR 97302
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.503 Fall Protection - Training Requirements OSHA citation code: 19260503 B01 | Other | 9 | 9 | $0 | $0 | Feb 20, 1997 | - | - |
Aug 12, 1995#126699867Aug 12, 1995Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#126699867$3,1254 viol.4 violations$3,125 in penalties
Inspection #126699867
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 12, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 12, 1995
- Closed
- Jun 2, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,125
- Penalties on Record
- $3,125
- Site Address
- 1215 State St, Salem, OR 97302
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1926.501 Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19260501 B01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $1,250 | $1,250 | Aug 12, 1995 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1926.501 Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19260501 B02 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Aug 12, 1995 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.1052 Stairways (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261052 C01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $1,375 | $1,375 | Nov 26, 1995 | - | - |
| 02003 | 701076502 OSHA citation code: 701076502 B B | Other | 1 | 8 | $500 | $500 | Nov 26, 1995 | - | - |
May 4, 1989#105341994May 4, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#105341994$7503 viol.3 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #105341994
Dates
- Opened
- May 4, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- May 4, 1989
- Contested
- Jun 16, 1989
- Closed
- May 7, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,000
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- 775 Summer St Ne, Salem, OR 97301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jun 16, 1989. Final orders are recorded through Apr 9, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 703.40 OSHA citation code: 7030040 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $3,000 | $750 | May 4, 1989 | Jun 16, 1989 | Apr 9, 1990 |
| 02002 | 1926.59 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19260059 E01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 2, 1989 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1926.59 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19260059 H | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 2, 1989 | - | - |
Mar 18, 1987#105213367Mar 18, 1987Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#105213367$451 viol.1 violation$45 in penalties
Inspection #105213367
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 18, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 18, 1987
- Closed
- Jun 5, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $45
- Penalties on Record
- $45
- Site Address
- 4600 25th St. Ne, Salem, OR 97303
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 740003002 OSHA citation code: 740003002 C | Serious | 1 | 1 | $45 | $45 | Mar 18, 1987 | - | - |
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.
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.
7 inspections, 1987 to 1997. 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.