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VORTEQ COIL FINISHERS, LLC.
$20,000
penalties
4
viol.
3
insp.
Inspections
3
Jul 2019 to Jan 2023 · 3 safety, 0 health
Violations
4
across 3 inspections
Penalties on record
$20,000
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 0Other 1

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Inspection records

Jan 27, 2023Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#346464688$00 viol.

Inspection #346464688

Dates

Opened
Jan 27, 2023
Closing Conference Date
Jan 27, 2023
Closed
Apr 7, 2023

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
65
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
2233 26th Street Sw, Allentown, PA 18103
Industry
332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

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 9, 2021Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#345676399$20,0004 viol.

Inspection #345676399

Dates

Opened
Dec 9, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Feb 7, 2022
Contested
May 4, 2022
Final Order
May 23, 2022
Closed
Jun 28, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
50
Related Activity
2 complaints, 1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$28,176
Penalties on Record
$20,000
Site Address
2233 26th Street Sw, Allentown, PA 18103
Industry
332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

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.

HospitalizationNov 23, 2021

Employee is injured when struck-by c-hook attached to overhe

Event: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious33$13,674$10,000Apr 18, 2022May 4, 2022May 23, 2022
01002A1910.176
Handling Materials - General
OSHA citation code: 19100176 A
Serious43$14,502$10,000Apr 18, 2022May 4, 2022May 23, 2022
01002B1910.176
Handling Materials - General
OSHA citation code: 19100176 B
Serious23$0$0Apr 18, 2022May 4, 2022May 23, 2022
020011910.157
Portable Fire Extinguishers
OSHA citation code: 19100157 C01
Other13$0$0Apr 18, 2022May 4, 2022May 23, 2022
Jul 29, 2019Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#344187539$00 viol.

Inspection #344187539

Dates

Opened
Jul 29, 2019
Closing Conference Date
Jul 30, 2019
Closed
Nov 21, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
250
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
2233 26th Street Sw, Allentown, PA 18103
Industry
332812 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

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.

HospitalizationJul 24, 2019

Employee incurs amputation to two fingers when caught in rol

Event: Caught In or Between
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

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 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.

Standards cited

1910.176Handling Materials - General2 citations · $10,000
1910.157Portable Fire Extinguishers1 citation · $0
5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)1 citation · $10,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.3
Industry average3.3
Penalties per inspection
This employer$6,667
Industry average$2,301

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, 45,875 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: metal coating, engraving (except jewelry and silverware), and allied services to manufacturers reported 4.1 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 13.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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