BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP
SAUCON DIVISION NUMBER 42 SOAK, Bethlehem, PA 18016
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Inspection records
Apr 11, 1977#13001888Apr 11, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#13001888$035 viol.35 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #13001888
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 11, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 4, 1977
- Contested
- Sep 15, 1977
- Closed
- Jun 3, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 35
- Violation Types
- 23 serious, 3 repeat, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $15,900
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 35 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $600 | $0 | Aug 20, 1977 | Sep 15, 1977 | - |
| 01002 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $800 | $0 | Aug 20, 1977 | Sep 15, 1977 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 C | Serious | 8 | - | $900 | $0 | Aug 20, 1977 | Sep 15, 1977 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 3 | - | $800 | $0 | Aug 20, 1977 | Sep 15, 1977 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 3 | - | $800 | $0 | Aug 20, 1977 | Sep 15, 1977 | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 35 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Feb 14, 1977#13001839Feb 14, 1977Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#13001839$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #13001839
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 14, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 25, 1977
- Contested
- May 15, 1977
- Closed
- Oct 3, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13,000
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $800
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 East Third Street, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 G03 II | Serious | 1 | - | $800 | $0 | Apr 14, 1977 | May 15, 1977 | - |
| 02001 | 1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 E03 I | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1977 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.184 Slings OSHA citation code: 19100184 E01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1977 | - | - |
Jan 10, 1977#13023387Jan 10, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#13023387$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #13023387
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 10, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 1977
- Closed
- Jun 2, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13,000
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Bethlehem Plant 501 East Third, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1977 | - | - |
Jan 10, 1977#13001805Jan 10, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#13001805$2,96010 viol.10 violations$2,960 in penalties
Inspection #13001805
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 10, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 9, 1977
- Contested
- Jun 15, 1977
- Closed
- Sep 20, 1979
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 2 repeat, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,960
- Penalties on Record
- $2,960
- Site Address
- Bethlehem Plant 501 E Third St, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.24 Step Bolts and Manhole Steps OSHA citation code: 19100024 H | Serious | 1 | - | $800 | $800 | Jul 19, 1977 | Jun 15, 1977 | - |
| 01001B | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 B06 II | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Jul 19, 1977 | Jun 15, 1977 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | - | $400 | $400 | Apr 23, 1977 | Jun 15, 1977 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 G02 I | Serious | 4 | - | $320 | $320 | May 20, 1977 | Jun 15, 1977 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.179 Overhead and Gantry Cranes OSHA citation code: 19100179 G03 II | Serious | 7 | - | $800 | $800 | Jul 19, 1977 | Jun 15, 1977 | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 10 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Dec 3, 1976#13008628Dec 3, 1976Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#13008628$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #13008628
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 3, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 3, 1976
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Dec 3, 1976#13008610Dec 3, 1976Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#13008610$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #13008610
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 3, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 3, 1976
- Contested
- Jan 15, 1977
- Closed
- May 20, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 C | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 4, 1977 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
| 01002A | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D01 IV | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1977 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
| 01002B | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D02 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 1977 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $500 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | - | Feb 4, 1977 | $500 | - | - |
Sep 16, 1976#13008412Sep 16, 1976Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#13008412$5506 viol.6 violations$550 in penalties
Inspection #13008412
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 16, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 20, 1976
- Closed
- Dec 23, 1976
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12,284
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $550
- Penalties on Record
- $550
- Site Address
- 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 B01 III | Serious | 10 | - | $500 | $500 | Nov 19, 1976 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 C01 | Serious | 10 | - | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 1976 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 C04 | Serious | 10 | - | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 1976 | - | - |
| 01001D | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D01 II | Serious | 10 | - | $0 | $0 | Nov 19, 1976 | - | - |
| 03001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Other | 1 | - | $50 | $50 | Nov 19, 1976 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 6 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 22, 1975#12722146Aug 22, 1975Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12722146$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #12722146
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 22, 1975
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 22, 1975
- Closed
- Oct 15, 1975
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13,421
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 East Third St, Bethlehem, PA 18015
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 B01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Sep 15, 1975 | - | - |
May 14, 1975#12664074May 14, 1975Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#12664074$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12664074
Dates
- Opened
- May 14, 1975
- Closing Conference Date
- May 14, 1975
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 701 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Feb 6, 1975#12663852Feb 6, 1975Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#12663852$502 viol.2 violations$50 in penalties
Inspection #12663852
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 6, 1975
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 6, 1975
- Closed
- Mar 24, 1975
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 300
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $50
- Penalties on Record
- $50
- Site Address
- 701 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18016
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.27 Scaffolds and Rope Descent Systems OSHA citation code: 19100027 D03 | Other | 1 | - | $50 | $50 | Mar 20, 1975 | - | - |
| 01002 | 19100 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 20, 1975 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
50 inspections, 1977 to 1991. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
The timeline shows the 50 most recent of 66 inspections with a recorded opening date.
Standards cited
Chemical exposure sampling
Sample results are listed in the record of each inspection that collected them.