NORTHWEST STEEL ERECTION
555 - 5TH STREET, DES MOINES, IA 50313
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Inspection records
Sep 27, 2021#345547350Sep 27, 2021Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#345547350$26,0003 viol.3 violations$26,000 in penalties
Inspection #345547350
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 27, 2021
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 12, 2021
- Final Order
- Apr 18, 2022
- Closed
- Apr 27, 2022
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $21,844
- Penalties on Record
- $26,000
- Site Address
- 1700 Maury Street, Des Moines, IA 50313
- Industry
- 522110 Commercial Banking
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 fractures leg, falls with precast concrete sections
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1926.21 Safety Training and Education OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $10,922 | $15,078 | Dec 2, 2021 | - | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 01001B | 1926.454 Scaffolding - Training OSHA citation code: 19260454 B | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Dec 2, 2021 | - | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 01002 | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 D16 III | Serious | 1 | 4 | $10,922 | $10,922 | Dec 2, 2021 | - | Apr 18, 2022 |
Sep 14, 2011#316104686Sep 14, 2011Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#316104686$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #316104686
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 14, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 15, 2011
- Closed
- Apr 20, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 80
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3440 Gannett Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50321
- Industry
- 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
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.
Jan 27, 2010#314119660Jan 27, 2010Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#314119660$6001 viol.1 violation$600 in penalties
Inspection #314119660
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 27, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 27, 2010
- Closed
- Mar 17, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 8
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 3000 University, Des Moines, IA 50317
- Industry
- 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
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 | 1926.350 Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19260350 H | Other | 1 | 1 | $900 | $600 | Feb 24, 2010 | - | - |
Jul 17, 2008#312590243Jul 17, 2008Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#312590243$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #312590243
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 17, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 2008
- Closed
- Nov 21, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- E. 5th & Walnut, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Industry
- 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
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.
Aug 16, 2007#310088901Aug 16, 2007Programmed Related (I) · Complete scope, Safety#310088901$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310088901
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 16, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 16, 2007
- Closed
- Aug 22, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2309 Euclid, Des Moines, IA 50310
- Industry
- 238190 Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jun 24, 1999#300373792Jun 24, 1999Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#300373792$2,0002 viol.2 violations$2,000 in penalties
Inspection #300373792
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 24, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 26, 1999
- Contested
- Nov 8, 1999
- Final Order
- Dec 11, 2000
- Closed
- Dec 28, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 50
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,000
- Penalties on Record
- $2,000
- Site Address
- Varied Industries Building, State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 880004 | Serious | 4 | 5 | $3,000 | $2,000 | Oct 18, 1999 | Nov 8, 1999 | Dec 11, 2000 |
| 01002 | 1926.21 Safety Training and Education OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02 | Other | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | $0 | Oct 18, 1999 | Nov 8, 1999 | Dec 11, 2000 |
Apr 16, 1987#101943934Apr 16, 1987Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#101943934$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101943934
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 16, 1987
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 16, 1987
- Closed
- Apr 17, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 555 - 5th Street, Des Moines, IA 50313
- 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.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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.
7 inspections, 1987 to 2021. 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.