Establishment profile
COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.
1381 ENTERPRISE DRIVE, WEST CHESTER, PA, 19380
Operated by Communications Test Design Inc · 1 of 15 establishments
334220 — Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
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
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 section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 | 2 | 2 | $200 | May 2006 | Aug 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I | 1 | 1 | $16,000 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 Q01 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 B01 I | 1 | 1 | $1,250 | Aug 2009 | Aug 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I | 1 | 1 | $634 | May 2006 | May 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 Q07 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2010 | Dec 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2009 | Aug 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | May 2006 | May 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 1986 | Dec 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1903.0002 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 1986 | Dec 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
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.
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.
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
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- 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
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2024 | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Head and extremities | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
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
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN INC 1373 ENTERPRISE DR · WEST CHESTER, PA, 19380 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2002 | View → |
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)
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
- Department of DefenseADPEcontract · Last action 2011-09-15$22,262
- Department of DefenseSUPPLIES AND SERVICEScontract · 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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-01 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2010-10-28 | Complaint | 3 | 2 | $20,000 | |
| 2009-05-01 | Complaint | 3 | 1 | $1,450 | |
| 2006-04-04 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $634 | |
| 1986-09-11 | Complaint | 2 | — | $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:
- PROPAGATION SYSTEMS INC.EBENSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
- INFINERA CORPORATIONALLENTOWN — 1 federal enforcement record
- SIGMA ELECTRONICS, INCORPORATEDEAST PETERSBURG — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Communications Test Design Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC.MOUNT JULIET, TN — 2 federal enforcement records
- COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN INCOR — 1 federal enforcement record
- COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN INCFONTANA, CA — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Communications Test Design Inc locationsParent rollup
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
- Radio and Television in PAIndustry × state cross-filter
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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Contact sales →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.