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CLARION BOARDS LLC

143 FIBERBOARD ROAD, SHIPPENVILLE, PA, 16254
Operated by Choice Hotels · 1 of 1,927 establishments
321219Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing
EIN 831936006

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OSHA inspections
13
over 17 years
Violations
26
$55,534 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 hospitalizations · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 12 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

CLARION BOARDS LLC has accumulated 26 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 17 years of recorded history, with $55,534 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 86th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 58 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 months ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
13
0.8 / yr · last 17 yrs
Violations
26
1.5 / yr
Penalties
$55,534
$2,136 avg / violation
85% serious15% other
Inspection trigger · referral
6 of 13
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 13

77% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 23 citations in this view · $55,534 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II22$13,673Feb 2014Aug 2021
5A000122$4,145May 2009Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$3,600May 2015May 2026
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$7,373Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111$7,373Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0147 E0111$6,930May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$4,950May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.1030 C01 II B11$2,800Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.0134 H02 I11$1,700Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211$1,450May 2014May 2014
29 CFR 1910.0303 C03 I11$960May 2009May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0311$580May 2009May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0030 A0311Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11Aug 2021Aug 2021
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0134 D03 III B 211Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.1030 C01 IV11Feb 2014Feb 2014
29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 VII E11Feb 2014Feb 2014

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

86th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3212 within PA. Peer group: 58 employers. This establishment has 26 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $4,300
Inspection frequency
98th
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
1.5
vs industry
+0.1
TRIR
5.2
vs industry
+2.7

Reported for 125 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.2
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
3
Complaint
1
Referral
6
Follow-up
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) · Jan 2015 – Feb 2021 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
3
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances

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
Feb 21, 2021Contact with hot objects or substancesNonclassifiableHospitalized
Feb 11, 2021Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feetMultiple trunk locationsHospitalized
Jan 2, 2015Struck against moving part of machinery or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), 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
Feb 21, 2021Burn,Clearing,Clogged,Face,Hand,Hose,Jammed,Neck,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Steam,Water21
Feb 11, 2021Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fracture,Laceration,Lung,Platform,Puncture,Rib,Spleen,Unsecured11
Aug 23, 2013Abdomen,Chest,Conveyor,Crushing,Falling Object,Struck ByFatality11

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
4 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 4 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

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

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CLARION BOARDS LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for CLARION BOARDS LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 CLARION BOARDS LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CLARION BOARDS LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
4293085
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (across 45 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$543.2M
Obligated (all-time)
$2.0B
Awards (all-time)
819

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
2026-04-14Programmed Related11$3,600
2021-02-23Referral33$7,373
2021-02-23Referral33$14,746
2021-02-23Referral0$0
2019-07-25Complaint0$0
2015-01-08Follow-up0$0
2015-01-08Planned22$1,700
2015-01-08Follow-up1$0
2015-01-08Referral32$11,880
2013-12-04Referral11$1,450
2013-10-24Referral33$2,800
2013-08-23Fatality/Catastrophe32$9,675
2009-02-23Planned65$2,310

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CLARION BOARDS LLC is one of 1,927 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Choice Hotels.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Choice Hotels across all 1,927 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in reconstituted wood product manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Choice Hotels, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CLARION BOARDS LLC 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 Choice Hotels, which operates 1,927 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 CLARION BOARDS LLC's OSHA violation history?
CLARION BOARDS LLC has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 26 violations and $55,534.3 in total penalties.
How does CLARION BOARDS LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
CLARION BOARDS LLC operates in the reconstituted wood product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. CLARION BOARDS LLC's self-reported DART rate is 1.5 compared to an industry average of 1.4.
Has CLARION BOARDS LLC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving CLARION BOARDS LLC.