PENTRON, INC.
200 KING ROAD, WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
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Feb 1, 1996#102945151Feb 1, 1996Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#102945151$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102945151
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 1, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 1, 1996
- Closed
- Feb 1, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 27
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 200 King Road, West Chester, PA 19380
- 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.
Nov 11, 1993#17713199Nov 11, 1993FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, HealthFatality#17713199$300,00051 viol.51 violations$300,000 in penalties
Inspection #17713199
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 11, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 12, 1994
- Contested
- May 24, 1994
- Final Order
- Jun 10, 1995
- Closed
- Jun 24, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 25
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 51
- Violation Types
- 14 serious, 36 willful, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $467,000
- Penalties on Record
- $300,000
- Site Address
- 200 King Road, West Chester, PA 19380
- 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.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Two employees die and others injured from chemical exposure
Violations
Violation list (25 of 51 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.101 Compressed Gases (General Requirements) OSHA citation code: 19100101 B | Serious | 1 | 14 | $1,500 | $1,000 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001B | 1910.101 Compressed Gases (General Requirements) OSHA citation code: 19100101 B | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001C | 1910.101 Compressed Gases (General Requirements) OSHA citation code: 19100101 B | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001D | 1910.101 Compressed Gases (General Requirements) OSHA citation code: 19100101 B | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001E | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B02 IV | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001F | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B04 I | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01001G | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B04 III | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 28, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01002 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Serious | 1 | 14 | $1,500 | $1,000 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | May 10, 1995 |
| 01003 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 2 | 14 | $1,500 | $1,000 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01004A | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 B04 IV | Serious | 1 | 14 | $5,000 | $1,000 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01004B | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01004C | 1910.252 Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100252 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01005A | 1910.254 Arc Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100254 D09 III | Serious | 1 | 14 | $1,500 | $1,000 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 01005B | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 G01 I | Serious | 2 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02001A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01 | Willful | 1 | 14 | $35,000 | $25,000 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02001B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B02 | Willful | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02001C | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B05 | Willful | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | May 14, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02001D | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B10 | Willful | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02002 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D02 | Willful | 1 | 18 | $70,000 | $35,000 | May 9, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03 | Willful | 1 | 18 | $35,000 | $25,000 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 I | Willful | 2 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003C | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 II | Willful | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003D | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D04 II | Willful | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003E | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 III | Willful | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Jun 6, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
| 02003F | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 VIII | Willful | 1 | 18 | $0 | $0 | May 8, 1994 | May 24, 1994 | Jun 10, 1995 |
Showing the 25 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 51 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
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.
2 inspections, 1993 to 1996. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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