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WAUSAU STEEL CORPORATION
$5,313
penalties
5
viol.
2
insp.

WAUSAU STEEL CORPORATION

5300 N 33RD ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53209NAICS 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
2
Nov 2007 to Feb 2012 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
5
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$5,313
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 0Other 2

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Inspection records

Feb 27, 2012Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#332425206$3,8253 viol.

Inspection #332425206

Dates

Opened
Feb 27, 2012
Closing Conference Date
May 15, 2012
Final Order
Jun 25, 2012
Closed
Jul 6, 2012

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
23
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$3,825
Penalties on Record
$3,825
Site Address
7100 W. Calumet Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53223
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material 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.

HospitalizationFeb 22, 2012

Employee finger is amputated while inspecting milled holes

Event: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II
Serious12$3,825$3,825Jul 12, 2012-Jun 25, 2012
020011910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 II
Other11$0$0Jun 20, 2012-Jun 25, 2012
020021910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C06 I
Other11$0$0Jul 12, 2012-Jun 25, 2012
Nov 20, 2007Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#311396642$1,4882 viol.

Inspection #311396642

Dates

Opened
Nov 20, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Dec 11, 2007
Closed
Jan 10, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
300
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 serious
Initial Penalties
$2,125
Penalties on Record
$1,488
Site Address
5300 N 33rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53209
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)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.179
Overhead and Gantry Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100179 J02
Serious13$2,125$1,488Dec 27, 2007--
01001B1910.179
Overhead and Gantry Cranes
OSHA citation code: 19100179 J02 III
Serious12$0$0Dec 27, 2007--
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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.

Standards cited

1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)2 citations · $0
1910.179Overhead and Gantry Cranes2 citations · $1,488
1910.212General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)1 citation · $3,825

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.5
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$2,657
Industry average$2,635

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 25,394 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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