READING, PA —
OSHA Inspection: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION in 101 WEST BERN STREET BUILDING 64, READING, PA 19601 (NAICS 331110). OSHA activity number 345272306.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Site address
- 101 WEST BERN STREET BUILDING 64
- City
- READING
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19601
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 14662, READING, PA 19612
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331110
- Employees
- 3904
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.30 C03
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2021
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $13,653 · Current $12,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.30(c)(3): The employer did not retrain an employee when inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicated that the employee no longer had the requisite understanding or skill necessary to use equipment or perform the job safely. (a) Carpenter Technology Corporation 101 West Bern Street Reading, PA Building 64 - The employer did not provide each employee with an adequate fall protection system around oven C (VIM) Vacuum Induction Melting furnace , exposing employees to a fall of 18 feet 9 inches to the furnace pit bottom, on or about April 26, 2021. Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $12000
- — Z (S) $13653
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 345272306.
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