Establishment profile
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL
1200 SOUTH CEDAR CREST BLVD., ALLENTOWN, PA, 18104
Operated by Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
EIN 231689692
Summary
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 34 years of recorded history, with $900 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 290 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 18 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% 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. 9 distinct standards shown · 9 citations in this view · $900 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | $900 | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2008 | Feb 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 H05 I | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2008 | Feb 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 C01 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1996 | Aug 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 G01 IA | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1996 | Mar 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 D04 IVC | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 1996 | Mar 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0004 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1450 E01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1450 E03 III | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
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 6221 within PA. Peer group: 290 employers. This establishment has 9 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 10,298 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) · Feb 2019 – Jan 2020
Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slipping
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2020 | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Fall on same level due to slipping | Ankle(s) | 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 18+ years. Most recent activity: 18 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 LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in PA — for Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc, not this location alone
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 Lehigh Valley Hospital, 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-CA-035541 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2007 | Sep 2007 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-035166 | Unfair labor practice | Feb 2007 | Apr 2007 | Closed | Region 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
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 VALLEY HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-01 | Planned | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1996-08-16 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1996-02-28 | Complaint | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1992-04-24 | Complaint | 4 | — | $900 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
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- BRYN MAWR HOSPITALBRYN MAWR — 3 federal enforcement records
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Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITALALLENTOWN, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc locationsParent rollup
- General Medical and Surgical HospitalsAll employers in this industry
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
- General Medical and in PAIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL 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 Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL's OSHA violation history?
- LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $900 in total penalties.
- How does LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL's safety record compare to its industry?
- LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL operates in the general medical and surgical hospitals industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.1. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL's self-reported DART rate is 1.53 compared to an industry average of 2.1.