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CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

101 WEST BERN STREET BUILDING 113, READING, PA, 19612
Operated by CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP · 1 of 27 establishments
EIN 232882270

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OSHA inspections
10
over 38 years
Violations
53
$71,870 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION has accumulated 53 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 38 years of recorded history, with $71,870 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 121 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
10
0.3 / yr · last 38 yrs
Violations
53
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$71,870
$1,356 avg / violation
74% serious26% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 10
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 10

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $56,250 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$3,790Mar 1988Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0322$860Feb 1988Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$7,000Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 F0811$7,000Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 J0211$7,000Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IV11$7,000Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$6,300Aug 2000Aug 2000
29 CFR 1910.0146 E0411$3,000Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0211$1,625Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0184 D11$1,625Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,300Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0111$1,300Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$1,300Dec 1994Dec 1994
5A000111$1,300Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 II11$975Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$975Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0178 N0411$975Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0024 H11$975Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0311$975Dec 1994Dec 1994
29 CFR 1910.0024 F11$975Dec 1994Dec 1994

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

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3311 within PA. Peer group: 121 employers. This establishment has 53 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $5,850
Inspection frequency
88th
peer median: 2

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
0.8
vs industry
−0.5
TRIR
1.2
vs industry
−0.7

Reported for 240 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.2
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

Planned
1
Complaint
5
Accident
2
Referral
2

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) · Aug 2015 – Jan 2018

Reports
5
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
3
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Jan 31, 2018Struck by object or equipment rolling freelyToes(s), toenail(s)Hospitalized
Feb 3, 2017Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Dec 20, 2016Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.Jaw, chinHospitalized
Apr 20, 2016Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Aug 7, 2015NonclassifiableFoot (feet), n.e.c.Amputation

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
May 30, 2000HEAD,MAINTENANCE,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ROOF,REMOTE CONTROL,WORK RULES,OVERHEAD CRANE,FALL,FALL PROTECTIONFatality11
Mar 5, 1988HEAD,WORK RULES,PIT,FALL,FALL PROTECTIONFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Oct 200811

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2008 – Oct 2008Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery ManufacturingFMLA11

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP, not this location alone

Total cases
9
Unfair labor practice
8
Representation (union)
1

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 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 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.). 9 cases · 8 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-364810Unfair labor practiceMay 2025May 2025ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-364805Unfair labor practiceMay 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-353400Unfair labor practiceOct 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-351763Unfair labor practiceSep 2024Sep 2025ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-312648Unfair labor practiceFeb 2023Nov 2024ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-256626Unfair labor practiceFeb 2020Feb 2020ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-251436Unfair labor practiceNov 2019Nov 2019ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-249672Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Apr 2020ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
04-RC-180365Representation electionJul 2016Aug 2016ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, 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 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
13
Quarters non-compliant
4
Formal actions
2
EPA penalties
$54,400

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility · $54,400 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP
101 W BERN ST · READING, PA, 19612
AirWaterRCRATRIViolation Identified
QNCR 4
132$54,400Jan 2026View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — C&M TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC. (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$12.3M
Awards (all-time)
15

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-08-07Referral53$31,000
2014-03-11Complaint2$0
2013-12-11Referral0$0
2000-05-31Accident32$9,450
1994-09-07Planned3832$30,060
1990-05-17Complaint0$0
1988-12-20Complaint0$0
1988-05-31Complaint0$0
1988-03-07Accident22$800
1988-01-05Complaint3$560

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION is one of 27 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP across all 27 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP, which operates 27 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 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 53 violations and $71,870 in total penalties.
Has CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.