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CHANNELLOCK, INC.

1306 SOUTH MAIN STREET, MEADVILLE, PA, 16335
Operated by Channellock Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
332216Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
18
over 53 years
Violations
73
$112,169 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

CHANNELLOCK, INC. has accumulated 73 OSHA violations across 18 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $112,169 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 49 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CHANNELLOCK, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
18
0.3 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
73
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$112,169
$1,537 avg / violation
60% serious40% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
7 of 18
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 18

78% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 11 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 · 29 citations in this view · $110,685 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$53,555Jul 1973Apr 2020
5A000133$10,541Mar 1985Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II32$1,775May 1982Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$180May 1982Mar 1985
29 CFR 1910.0134 D02 II21$120Oct 1986Oct 1986
29 CFR 1910.0094 D09 VII22Apr 1982Nov 1992
29 CFR 1910.0218 A0211$14,000Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$7,035May 2026May 2026
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0211$5,000Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0184 C0911$4,931Jan 2022Jan 2022
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11$3,588Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$2,000Nov 1992Nov 1992
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 IIA11$1,625Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$1,500Apr 2020Apr 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,300Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV11$1,000Apr 2026Apr 2026
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$975Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0304 F03 II11$560Mar 1985Mar 1985
29 CFR 1910.0094 D09 I11$500Nov 1992Nov 1992
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVD11$500Nov 1992Nov 1992

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3322 within PA. Peer group: 49 employers. This establishment has 73 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,220
Inspection frequency
100th
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
2.3
vs industry
+1.2
TRIR
2.3
vs industry
+0.3

Reported for 84 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
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.3
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
5
Complaint
7
Accident
1
Referral
3

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) · Nov 2021

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area

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
Nov 15, 2021Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway areaHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
Nov 15, 2021Caught Between,Crushed,Forklift,Hand,Ind Trk Operator,Struck Against11
Oct 31, 2019Blocks,Caught Between,Finger,Frame,Partial Amputation,Pinched,Press Operator,Thumb,Welder1
Jun 29, 2000MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,INTERLOCK,CAUGHT BETWEEN,MACHINE--MISCFatality11

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
7 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 7 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$159,318
Employees affected
367

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 · 367 violations · $159,318 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 20191367367$159,318

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 · 367 violations · $159,318 in backwages · 367 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2017 – Feb 2019Machine Tool (Metal Forming Types) ManufacturingFLSA367367$159,318

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 CHANNELLOCK, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for Channellock Inc, 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 Channellock Inc 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-374531Unfair labor practiceNov 2025OpenRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-374530Unfair labor practiceNov 2025OpenRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-347824Unfair labor practiceAug 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-207375Unfair labor practiceOct 2017Nov 2017ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-036910Unfair labor practiceApr 2010Aug 2011ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-036864Unfair labor practiceMar 2010May 2010ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-033044Unfair labor practiceNov 2002Jan 2003ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-032711Unfair labor practiceMay 2002Oct 2002ClosedRegion 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 CHANNELLOCK, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-01-29Referral33$12,029
2026-01-08Complaint31$7,035
2025-12-10Referral75$20,000
2021-11-22Referral11$4,931
2019-12-03Complaint21$9,500
2008-10-07Planned0$0
2000-06-29Accident98$51,025
1999-09-09Planned77$1,194
1994-01-06Follow-up0$0
1992-07-01Complaint1111$5,000
1988-04-04Complaint1$0
1986-08-18Complaint42$120
1985-02-07Planned42$740
1984-05-17Follow-up0$0
1984-04-11Complaint0$0
1982-04-02Planned123$350
1974-10-31Complaint1$70
1973-06-13Planned8$175

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CHANNELLOCK, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Channellock Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Channellock Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CHANNELLOCK, INC. 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 Channellock Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is CHANNELLOCK, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
CHANNELLOCK, INC. has 18 OSHA inspections on record with 73 violations and $112,168.6 in total penalties.
How does CHANNELLOCK, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CHANNELLOCK, INC. operates in the saw blade and handtool manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2. CHANNELLOCK, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.31 compared to an industry average of 1.1.
Has CHANNELLOCK, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving CHANNELLOCK, INC..