Establishment profile
PENN COLOR, INC.
400 OLD DUBLIN PIKE, DOYLESTOWN, PA, 18901
Operated by Penn Color, Inc · 1 of 3 establishments
EIN 221661347
Summary
PENN COLOR, INC. has accumulated 43 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $3,030 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 72,992 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 30 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PENN COLOR, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record 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), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
75% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 21 citations in this view · $3,030 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 B01 | 2 | 1 | $360 | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $650 | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 D | 1 | 1 | $650 | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 B01 | 1 | 1 | $640 | Jan 1983 | Jan 1983 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IIB2 | 1 | 1 | $490 | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 1 | 1 | $120 | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A06 | 1 | 1 | $120 | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C01 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E05 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 D05 VIB | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E03 III | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IV | 1 | 1 | — | May 1996 | May 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 M02 IIF | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 M02 IID | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 M02 IIC | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 H01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1988 | Jan 1988 |
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 nearly every other employer. Peer group: 72,992 employers. This establishment has 43 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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 275 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.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for PENN COLOR, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 30+ years. Most recent activity: 30 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 PENN COLOR, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PENN COLOR, 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 PENN COLOR, 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 PENN COLOR, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PENN COLOR, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PENN COLOR INC 400 OLD DUBLIN PIKE · DOYLESTOWN, PA, 18901 | WaterRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Aug 2006 | 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.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PENN COLOR, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-02-29 | Planned | 10 | 6 | $1,790 | |
| 1987-07-24 | Planned | 13 | 5 | $600 | |
| 1982-09-28 | Planned | 20 | 3 | $640 | |
| 1981-08-18 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PENN COLOR, INC. is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Penn Color, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Penn Color, Inc across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Penn Color, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PENN COLOR, INC.HATFIELD, PA — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Penn Color, Inc locationsParent rollup
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PENN COLOR, 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 Penn Color, Inc, which operates 3 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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- What is PENN COLOR, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- PENN COLOR, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 43 violations and $3,030 in total penalties.