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STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

10047 KEYSTONE DRIVE, LAKE CITY, PA, 16423
326199All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
EIN 232925021

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OSHA inspections
11
over 17 years
Violations
70
$64,535 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has accumulated 70 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 17 years of recorded history, with $64,535 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 757 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.6 / yr · last 17 yrs
Violations
70
4.1 / yr
Penalties
$64,535
$922 avg / violation
81% serious19% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 11
Inspection trigger · follow-up
4 of 11

91% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 29 citations in this view · $58,605 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000132$4,050Aug 2009May 2014
29 CFR 1910.0095 I02 I22$5,880Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0095 K0122$5,880Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0122$3,570Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$3,290Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0222$1,660Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0122$1,155Sep 2011Mar 2014
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0222$120Aug 2009Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0095 G05 I11$5,880Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511$3,800Aug 2015Aug 2015
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11$3,000Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 J02 IV11$2,940Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$2,940Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0307 C02 I11$2,940Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 IV11$2,940Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$2,340Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IVA11$1,680Sep 2011Sep 2011
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 I11$1,540Mar 2014Mar 2014
29 CFR 1910.0037 A11$1,500May 2014May 2014
29 CFR 1910.1052 H0111$1,500Aug 2009Aug 2009

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3261 within PA. Peer group: 757 employers. This establishment has 70 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,750
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
10.4
vs industry
+8.6
TRIR
10.4
vs industry
+7.6

Reported for 112 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
10.4
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
4
Referral
2
Follow-up
4

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 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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 5, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationNonclassifiableHospitalized

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
7 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$1,751
Employees affected
1

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 · 2 violations · $1,751 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 2019121$1,751

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 · 2 violations · $1,751 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2017 – Feb 2019Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting ManufacturingFLSA21$1,751

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 STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-277016Unfair labor practiceMay 2021Jun 2021ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, 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

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2016-02-05Complaint0$0
2015-07-22Complaint22$5,340
2015-04-10Referral43$3,800
2014-03-03Complaint76$5,000
2013-11-08Follow-up44$2,695
2013-11-08Follow-up1$0
2011-05-02Complaint11$2,940
2011-05-02Follow-up61$21,420
2011-05-02Follow-up1110$14,820
2009-05-21Planned1917$4,080
2009-05-21Referral1513$4,440

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, 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.

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Frequently asked

What is STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 70 violations and $64,535 in total penalties.
How does STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. operates in the all other plastics product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. STERLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 10.44 compared to an industry average of 1.8.