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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

616 BRODHEAD AVENUE, BETHLEHEM, PA, 18015
Operated by BrightView Holdings, Inc · 1 of 116 establishments
541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
EIN 421724313

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OSHA inspections
3
over 26 years
Violations
3
$1,313 in penalties
Penalties
$1,313
$438 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 26 years of recorded history, with $1,313 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 68th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 73 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
3
0.1 / yr · last 26 yrs
Violations
3
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$1,313
$438 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 3

67% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $1,313 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$1,313Jan 2010Jan 2010
29 CFR 1910.1025 D0211Aug 1999Aug 1999
29 CFR 1910.1025 L01 I11Aug 1999Aug 1999

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

68th

Above average violations in NAICS 5419 within PA. Peer group: 73 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
68th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
94th
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
−0.3
TRIR
5.1
vs industry
+4.7

Reported for 22 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
0.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.1
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

Referral
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) · Apr 2024

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level 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
Apr 9, 2024Other fall to lower level unspecifiedKnee(s)Hospitalized

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
2

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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Nov 201011

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 · $0 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2010 – Nov 2010Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools2

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 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for BrightView Holdings, Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
3
Representation (union)
3

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 BrightView Holdings, 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.). 6 cases · 3 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
04-CA-247247Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Oct 2019ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-247234Unfair labor practiceAug 2019Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-RC-244115Representation electionJun 2019Aug 2019ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-CA-243399Unfair labor practiceJun 2019Jul 2021ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-RC-225851Representation electionAug 2018Sep 2018ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-RC-199161Representation electionMay 2017Jun 2017ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, 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

Total applications
57
Certified
36
Avg wage ratio
1.62x
H-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 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. 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
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
616 BRODHEAD AVE · BETHLEHEM, PA, 18015
RCRANo Violation Identified00Jul 1994View →

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
3986966
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 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$2.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$6.4M
Awards
36
Top agency
Department of Defense
$3.5M
Company-wide — LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$1.2M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.3M
Awards (all-time)
32

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$3.5M
Department of Transportation$976K
Department of State$965K
Department of Health and Human Services$444K
Department of Justice$375K
Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES U437040
    contract · Last action 2025-04-14
    $1,288,565
  • Department of State
    TO PERFORM "SEISMIC EXPLOSION FOR LG MAGNITUDE CALIBRATION IN WESTERN MAGNOLIA.
    contract · Last action 2026-03-24
    $964,705
  • Department of Defense
    RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BAA 24-0005 "IMPROVED MULTI-SENSOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH MICROWAVE ESTIMATION OF SNOW MASS & SNOW MELT TIMING FOR ENVIRONMENT, HYDROLOGY, AND MOBILITY" U437A00
    contract · Last action 2025-09-15
    $831,396
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT WP18-1074
    contract · Last action 2024-01-16
    $448,487
  • Department of Transportation
    ADVANCING RAIL FLAW DETECTION CAPABILITY INTERNAL RAIL FLAWS CAN LEAD TO TRAIN DERAILMENTS THAT RESULT IN HUMAN FATALITIES AND INJURIES, ENVIRONMENT DAMAGE, AND HIGH COSTS.
    contract · Last action 2024-04-11
    $336,255
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    TAS::75 4554::TAS LHC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DR. XIAOLEI HUANG, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY; PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: SEPT. 1, 2010-AUG. 31, 2011. CONTRACT & GRANT SPECIALIST, DOLORES RICE: DBR1@LEHIGH.EDU.
    contract · Last action 2014-08-07
    $275,000
  • Department of Defense
    200611!005869!2100!W15P7T!USA COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS !W15P7T06CP430 !A!N! !N! ! !20060807!20080131!808264444!808264444!068570936!N!LEHIGH UNIVERSITY !526 BRODHEAD AVE !BETHLEHEM !PA!18015!06088!095!42!BETHLEHEM !NORTHAMPTON !PENN !+000000215000!N!N!000000000000!AC63!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION EQ-ADV TECH DEV !A7 !ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIP !000 !NOT DISCERNABLE !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !B! !A!N!S!2!005!E! !Z!Y!Z! ! !N!V!N! ! ! ! ! !A!A!000!A!A!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !
    contract · Last action 2018-03-09
    $267,000
  • Department of Defense
    OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR LAYOUT OF AMMUNITION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY THAT WOULD AUTOMATE THE LAYOUT OF ALL FACILITIES WITHIN AN ASA, BASED ON SOME OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA.
    contract · Last action 2020-07-09
    $262,337
  • Department of Justice
    INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
    contract · Last action 2021-06-17
    $250,000
  • Department of Transportation
    SECURITY AND SAFETY OF BRIDGES FROM HUMAN-MADE HAZARDS
    contract · Last action 2025-12-09
    $228,500
  • Department of Justice
    SYSTEM ENGINEERING SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2019-04-29
    $125,000
  • Department of Transportation
    SINNOVATIVE DETAILING AND FABRICATION FOR STEEL BRIDGE MEMBERS
    contract · Last action 2025-04-10
    $115,995
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DATA ANALYSIS BASE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2016.BUDGET: MARS CE-25-852
    contract · Last action 2017-08-24
    $114,000
  • Department of Defense
    RESILIENCE DESIGN
    contract · Last action 2025-04-15
    $110,000
  • Department of Transportation
    CONDUCT A STUDY RESEARCH ENTITLED "IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANT STEEL FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION."
    contract · Last action 2017-11-02
    $109,178
  • Department of Defense
    STUDIES AND ANALYSIS IN SOLDIER HELMET RDRL-SLB-D
    contract · Last action 2014-01-08
    $93,880
  • Department of Transportation
    NEW CONTRACT MULTI-HAZARD FRAGILITY OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES FOR IMPROVED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MODELING
    contract · Last action 2025-12-23
    $85,249
  • Department of Defense
    REF: LEHIGH PROPOSAL NO. S00003755
    contract · Last action 2011-07-18
    $77,281
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    HC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DR. XIAOLEI (SHARON) HUANG, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, SEE STATEMENT OF WORK, PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 9/1/08-8/31/09, PROJECT TITLE: NETWORK COMPUTING FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; CERVIGRAM SEGMENTATION.
    contract · Last action 2008-08-27
    $55,000
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR INSTRUMENTAL REFERENCE MERCURY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM.
    contract · Last action 2010-04-12
    $50,000
  • Department of Transportation
    IGF::OT::IGF TENSILE TESTING FOR ONE LARGE SCALE TENSILE COUPON THAT HAS BEEN FABRICATED WITH AN ELECTROSLAG WELDMENT REMOVED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE, SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSION BRIDGE TOWER.
    contract · Last action 2016-08-24
    $46,220
  • Department of Defense
    SERVICE
    contract · Last action 2012-01-26
    $38,511
  • Department of Transportation
    CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR THE ATLSS CONFERENCE
    contract · Last action 2009-04-16
    $30,000
  • Department of Defense
    TESTING OF 24 LARGE STRAP TENSILE SPECIMENS
    contract · Last action 2019-09-03
    $27,750
  • Department of the Interior
    RADIOMETRIC, TESTATE AMOEBAE, AND CHARCOAL ANALYSIS SERVICES FOR THE DOI ALASKA CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER
    contract · Last action 2025-08-22
    $27,116
  • Department of Labor
    TESTING OF MATERIALS RELATED TO CRANE COLLAPSE
    contract · Last action 2008-07-22
    $26,600
  • Department of Transportation
    CO-SPONSORSHIP FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRIDGE MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY.
    contract · Last action 2010-05-12
    $25,000
  • Department of the Interior
    IGF::CL::IGF OTHER, PALEOECOLOGICAL EVALUATION 52.223-10 - WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM (MAY 2011)
    contract · Last action 2020-01-30
    $23,064
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL IN VITRO VALIDATION SUPPORT
    contract · Last action 2024-09-13
    $15,000
  • Department of Defense
    R&D DLIR, INTEGRATION OF TAXONOMIES USING ONTOLOGY STRUCTURES
    contract · Last action 2008-08-05
    $10,000
  • Department of the Interior
    AK CASC PEAT SAMPLE PROCESSING
    contract · Last action 2020-04-02
    $6,067
  • Department of the Interior
    AK SAMPLE ANALYSIS LEHIGH UNIV 2
    contract · Last action 2024-09-20
    $4,053
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    contract · Last action 2008-04-15
    $1,800
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF CAREER FAIR
    contract · Last action 2016-06-29
    $200
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF BOOTH RENTAL
    contract · Last action 2016-02-08
    $150
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    contract · Last action 2017-04-20
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541715 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2026-03-24. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2009-09-28Referral11$1,313
2009-09-28Unprogrammed Related0$0
1999-07-02Referral2$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY is one of 116 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BrightView Holdings, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BrightView Holdings, Inc across all 116 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on LEHIGH UNIVERSITY 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 BrightView Holdings, Inc, which operates 116 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 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $1,312.5 in total penalties.
How does LEHIGH UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY operates in the all other professional, scientific, and technical services industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.3.