United Steel and Metals safety record at a glance
United Steel and Metals has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 14, 2000 and Jun 23, 2004. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 43 in all: 14 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $136,865 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $54,050. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 14, 2000 in South El Monte. That places the employer at #1,295 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in South El Monte.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2004 | South El Monte | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $3,250 $9,000 proposed | open |
| Jun 23, 2004 | South El Monte | Complaint | 4 citations | $500 $1,820 proposed | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Mar 9, 2004 | South El Monte | Accident | 8 citations 1 serious | $13,500 $41,320 proposed | open |
| Jun 14, 2002 | South El Monte | Follow-up | 2 citations 2 repeat | $3,600 $5,400 proposed | Feb 25, 2003 |
| May 8, 2002 | South El Monte | Accident | 10 citations 7 serious | $10,200 $27,125 proposed | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Aug 14, 2000 | South El Monte | Accident | 15 citations 5 serious | $23,000 $52,200 proposed | Sep 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: United Steel & Metals.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $17,525
- 8 CCR 4227, Metal Shears: 4 citations, 3 serious, $6,525
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $500
- 8 CCR 4185, Foot-Operated Devices: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,800
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,750
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,500
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 2 citations, $875
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 2 citations, $500
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
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If you work, or worked, at United Steel and Metals
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.