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FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

800 WEST CHURCH ROAD, MECHANICSBURG, PA, 17055
Operated by Fry Communications Inc · 1 of 3 establishments
EIN 231885979

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OSHA inspections
11
over 48 years
Violations
30
$19,870 in penalties
Penalties
$19,870
$662 avg
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has accumulated 30 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 48 years of recorded history, with $19,870 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 464 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.2 / yr · last 48 yrs
Violations
30
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$19,870
$662 avg / violation
63% serious37% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 11
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 11

64% 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 · 24 citations in this view · $19,870 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$5,560Dec 1977Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$1,500Aug 1982Jun 1996
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I22$490Dec 1977Jun 1996
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II22$280Dec 1977Jul 2000
5A000111$3,500Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11$3,000Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$1,500Jun 1996Jun 1996
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11$1,500Jun 1996Jun 1996
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$975Jan 1995Jan 1995
29 CFR 1904.0017 B11$585Jan 2002Jan 2002
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$490Dec 1977Dec 1977
29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVD11$280Dec 1977Dec 1977
29 CFR 1910.0219 B0111$210Dec 1977Dec 1977
29 CFR 1904.0032 B0311Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0303 F0111Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111Mar 2016Mar 2016
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0111Jun 1996Jun 1996
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211Jun 1996Jun 1996

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 3231 within PA. Peer group: 464 employers. This establishment has 30 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $260
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
4.2
vs industry
+3.2
TRIR
12.1
vs industry
+10.5

Reported for 190 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
1.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
12.1
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
8
Follow-up
1

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 2018 – May 2018

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

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
May 22, 2018Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation
Mar 18, 2018Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
10 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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 FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FRY COMMUNICATIONS, 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 FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. 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 FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
177345
Operation
C

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 FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$50K
Awards
8
Top agency
Department of the Treasury
$50K
Largest awards
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF TO#2 EMBOSSING AND COATING SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2016-12-16
    $12,166
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF TO FOR EMBOSSING AND COATING SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2018-01-08
    $8,500
  • Department of the Treasury
    PRINTING SERVICE
    contract · Last action 2014-01-29
    $7,436
  • Department of the Treasury
    TESTING
    contract · Last action 2014-01-28
    $7,436
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF PRINT TESTS
    contract · Last action 2015-09-19
    $6,000
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF EMBOSSING 6000 BLANK SHEETS
    contract · Last action 2016-09-27
    $5,044
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF EMBOSSING SERVICE
    contract · Last action 2017-04-17
    $3,750
  • Department of the Treasury
    IGF::OT::IGF IDIQ CONTRACT TO PERFORM EMBOSSING SERVICE
    contract · Last action 2017-08-09
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 323111 - COMMERCIAL PRINTING (EXCEPT SCREEN AND BOOKS). Last action: 2018-01-08. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-09-24Complaint86$11,500
2003-06-20Planned0$0
2002-01-09Other1$585
2000-10-24Complaint0$0
2000-06-28Complaint1$0
1996-04-25Complaint85$4,500
1995-08-15Complaint0$0
1994-11-29Complaint42$975
1982-07-27Complaint1$0
1978-08-08Follow-up0$0
1977-12-14Complaint76$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

FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Fry Communications Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Fry Communications Inc across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FRY COMMUNICATIONS, 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 Fry Communications Inc, which operates 3 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 30 violations and $19,870 in total penalties.