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Arcelormittal: OSHA inspections and violations

Cleveland, Ohio · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · NAICS 331110

3inspections
3citation items
$15,157current penalties
May 4, 2018last inspection

Arcelormittal has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on May 4, 2018 after a complaint, in Cleveland.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $21,914 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,157, down 31%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Arcelormittal averages $7,578 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Arcelormittal: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343138947 OPENED MAY 4, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 1,800 employees at the site · Closed Jun 26, 2019

1555 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, OH 44105 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Other-than-serious$7,391$4,434May 18, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.7(a) · General recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$1,848$1,848May 18, 2018Final

Inspection 342640695 OPENED SEP 15, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,950 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2018

3060 Eggers Ave, Cleveland, OH 44105 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 7, 2017: Employee's finger is caught between conduit and guard and is

At 9:00 a.m. on September 7, 2017, Employee #1 was using a pry bar to clear debris from the area in front of a drum on the C1 conveyor belt line. The pry bar hit the drum and went flying pinching Employee #1's finger between the conduit and edge of the guard. The employee sustained a crushing injury to his right middle finger that later had to be amputated. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(4) · Machine guarding
 Serious$12,675$8,875Nov 6, 2017Final

Inspection 341775807 OPENED SEP 15, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,829 employees at the site · Closed Nov 28, 2016

1555 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, OH 44105 · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Jun 18, 2019, Cleveland: Hospitalization · fractures and burns · nonclassifiable

An employee working on an elevated platform fell 25 feet through the oxygen load opening, landing on the lower level of a basic oxygen furnace. The employee was attempting to arrest flames while tapping steel. The employee suffered multiple fractures and second degree burns.

Oct 31, 2018, Cleveland: Hospitalization · fractures · neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders

An employee was changing out vacuum switches on the third level in an electrical room. The employee fell through the space created by the removal of the switches, landing 7.5 feet below and suffering fractured neck vertebrae and a lacerated scalp.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.7 · General recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.7(a)

(a) Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. You must also consider a case to meet the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness.

29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1)

(1) A laminated, dated card or certificate with photo, denoting limitations and level of protection for which the employee is trained should be issued to those students successfully completing a course.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(4)

(4) Barrels, containers, and drums. Revolving drums, barrels, and containers shall be guarded by an enclosure which is interlocked with the drive mechanism, so that the barrel, drum, or container cannot revolve unless the guard enclosure is in place.

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