PENN STATE UNIVERSITY is a colleges, universities, and professional schools employer in STATE COLLEGE, PA. Federal records show 2 OSHA inspections with 5 violations and $15,244 in penalties. 1 Wage & Hour Division enforcement case on record. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 3, 2026.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
PHYSICAL PLANT, STATE COLLEGE, PA, 16802
611310 — Top companies in Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Inspection History
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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Industry context
Within the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry in PA, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ranks in the 96th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 50 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 98th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 67th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 1.3 for the colleges, universities, and professional schools sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.6.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 7 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is PENN STATE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
- PENN STATE UNIVERSITY has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $15,244 in total penalties.
- How does PENN STATE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
- PENN STATE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PENN STATE UNIVERSITY of STATE COLLEGE, PA from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 3 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, DOL Wage and Hour Division enforcement, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 14 sources were checked and found no matching records: MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 3, 2026. OSHA accident records on file for PENN STATE UNIVERSITY include 1 hospitalization.
This profile may be incomplete if PENN STATE UNIVERSITYoperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.