Sand Springs, Oklahoma · Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing · NAICS 331110
6inspections
7citation items
$52,509current penalties
Mar 30, 2026last inspection
OSHA has inspected Webco Industries 6 times in Oklahoma since 1992.
The latest one began on Mar 30, 2026 on a referral, in Sand Springs; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $92,274 and now stand at $52,509, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Webco Industries averages $13,127 (4 cited inspections).
Webco Industries also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 7, 2021: Employee sustains multiple thermal burns from hot cleaning s
At 9:05 p.m. on October 7, 2021, an employee was removing grates from a parts washer to prepare the washer to be cleaned by a third party. The employee slipped and fell into the hot washing solution, sustaining second and third degree thermal burns to his left forearms, both legs from the knee down, and to his right hip. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident on Dec 9, 2017: Employee fractures leg when caught between bale and rollers
At 6:30 p.m. on December 9, 2017, Employee #1 was trying to unjam a bale of bundle steel pipes on a conveyor. The employee got caught between the bale and the conveyor's rollers, fracturing his right leg. He was hospitalized for two or more days.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sand Springs site logged 21 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 240 workers: 7.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 72 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
OKC - Southwest Tube
Sand Springs · 2025
240
21
4
7.7
3.6
OKC - Star Center Tube
Sand Springs · 2025
216
11
1
4.8
3.6
Webco Industries
Mannford · 2025
232
6
3
2.6
3.6
Webco Industries Corporate
Sand Springs · 2025
192
0
0
0.0
3.6
Webco Industries
Sand Springs · 2024
225
4
1
1.7
3.6
Webco Industries - Mannford Speciality Tube
Mannford · 2023
230
1
0
0.4
3.6
Star Center Tube
Sand Springs · 2016
110
4
0
3.5
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Oct 7, 2021, Sand Springs: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was removing grates from inside a parts washer containing about 12 inches of washing solution heated to 160-180 degrees. The employee slipped and fell into the washer and suffered second- and third-degree burns to his left forearm, both legs from the knee down, and his right hip.
Dec 4, 2019, Sand Springs: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple face locations
An employee was working on a rollout table. A piece of tube got hung up on the table, then sprung free and struck the employee's face. The employee suffered a fractured jaw, a laceration, and broken teeth.
An employee was working on a overhead exhaust fan when his left pinky finger was caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his finger. The fan was in operation at the time of the incident.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii)
(iii) Special handtools for placing and removing material shall be such as to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Such tools shall not be in lieu of other guarding required by this section, but can only be used to supplement protection provided.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
