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COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.

1381 ENTERPRISE DRIVE, WEST CHESTER, PA, 19380
Operated by Communications Test Design Inc · 1 of 15 establishments
334220Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
5
over 39 years
Violations
11
$22,084 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program

Summary

COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. has accumulated 11 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 39 years of recorded history, with $22,084 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 13 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), 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, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 39 yrs
Violations
11
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$22,084
$2,008 avg / violation
55% serious45% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 5

80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 11 citations in this view · $22,084 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0122$200May 2006Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11$16,000Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0111$4,000Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 B01 I11$1,250Aug 2009Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I11$634May 2006May 2006
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111Aug 2009Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111May 2006May 2006
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0111Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1903.0002 A0111Dec 1986Dec 1986

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

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3342 within PA. Peer group: 13 employers. This establishment has 11 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $450
Inspection frequency
92nd
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
−0.2
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−0.4

Reported for 44 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
0.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.2
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

Complaint
5

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 2024

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slip or trip

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 21, 2024Fall on same level due to slip or tripHead and extremitiesHospitalized

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
15 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

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

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
78
Certified
68
Avg wage ratio
1.11x
E-3 AustralianH-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN INC
1373 ENTERPRISE DR · WEST CHESTER, PA, 19380
RCRANo Violation Identified00Aug 2002View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
267846
Operation
A

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$22K
Awards
2
Top agency
Department of Defense
$22K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    ADPE
    contract · Last action 2011-09-15
    $22,262
  • Department of Defense
    SUPPLIES AND SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2014-05-29
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 334112 - COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICE MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2014-05-29. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2010-12-01Complaint0$0
2010-10-28Complaint32$20,000
2009-05-01Complaint31$1,450
2006-04-04Complaint33$634
1986-09-11Complaint2$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. is one of 15 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Communications Test Design Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Communications Test Design Inc across all 15 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, 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 Communications Test Design Inc, which operates 15 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 COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 11 violations and $22,084 in total penalties.
How does COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. operates in the radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.2.