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ABB INC

1000 CARSON COURT, EASTON, PA, 18045
Operated by ABB Ltd · 1 of 50 establishments
493110General Warehousing and Storage
EIN 363100018

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OSHA inspections
1
over 1 year
Violations
3
$7,448 in penalties
Penalties
$7,448
$2,483 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

ABB INC has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 1 year of recorded history, with $7,448 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 69th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 716 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

ABB INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
1.0 / yr · last 1 yrs
Violations
3
3.0 / yr
Penalties
$7,448
$2,483 avg / violation
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 1

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $7,448 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$6,207Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 1904.0032 A0411$1,241Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 1910.0176 A11Jul 2025Jul 2025

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

69th

Above average violations in NAICS 4931 within PA. Peer group: 716 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
83rd
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−4.3
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−4.9

Reported for 74 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
4.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Mar 2025

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Mar 7, 2025Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecifiedThigh(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for ABB Ltd, not this location alone

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
8

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other ABB Ltd locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 8 cases · 8 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-252589Unfair labor practiceNov 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-250969Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-250863Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Dec 2019ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-162944Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-142037Unfair labor practiceDec 2014Dec 2014ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-077237Unfair labor practiceMar 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-037285Unfair labor practiceApr 2011Feb 2012ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-034850Unfair labor practiceSep 2005Nov 2005ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for ABB INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ABB INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
3
Total payments
$47.5M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
FCPA

First case: 2010-09-29. Most recent: 2022-12-02. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 2 cases · 1 plea/conviction · $17,100,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. ABB, Ltd
ABB Ltd. · ABB
Dec 2022DPFCPAVirginia - EasternNo
USA v. ABB Inc
ABB, Inc.
Oct 2010pleaFCPAUSDOJ - Criminal Division - Fraud Section$17,100,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-03-17Referral3$7,448

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ABB INC is one of 50 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ABB Ltd.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ABB Ltd across all 50 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in general warehousing and storage within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ABB Ltd, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

  • ABB INC.CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.JEFFERSON CITY, MO — 3 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.MUSCLE SHOALS, AL — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.WICKLIFFE, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.SHARONVILLE, OH — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INC.BLAND, VA — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INC.LEWISBURG, WV — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB, INCSAINT LOUIS, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABBSAINT LOUIS, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
  • ABB INCNAPA, CA — 1 federal enforcement record

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ABB INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup ABB Ltd, which operates 50 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is ABB INC's OSHA violation history?
ABB INC has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 3 violations and $7,448.25 in total penalties.
How does ABB INC's safety record compare to its industry?
ABB INC operates in the general warehousing and storage industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.9. ABB INC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 4.3.