Inspection #101766459

Name: OSHA Inspection #101766459: CHAMBERLAIN MANUFACTURING CORP.
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a complaint inspection of CHAMBERLAIN MANUFACTURING CORP. at 156 Cedar Avenue, Scranton, PA 18505 on Jun 18, 1986. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Jul 21, 1989.

OSHA documented 31 violations (21 serious, 10 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $1,535. This inspection is linked to 1 complaint in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 236 air monitoring samples covering 22 substances during this inspection, including 2-Butoxyethanol, Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Benzene, Benzo [a] Pyrene, Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), and 17 more.

This employer has 5 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 101766459
Type: Complaint (B)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Jun 18, 1986
Closed: Jul 21, 1989
Contested: Jan 7, 1987
Final Order: May 26, 1988
Total Violations: 31
Penalties on Record: $1,535
Initial Penalties: $3,960
Related Activity: 1 complaint

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.

Establishment

Name: CHAMBERLAIN MANUFACTURING CORP.
Address: 156 Cedar Avenue, Scranton, PA 18505
Industry: 332993 Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing

Other Inspections of This Employer5 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#303343222	Feb 6, 2001	Complaint (B)	6 violations	$1,270
#798736	Sep 12, 1988	Monitoring (D)	3 violations
#798751	Aug 18, 1988	Follow-Up (F)	No violations
#624668	Feb 2, 1988	Monitoring (D)	No violations
#101766988	Jun 20, 1986	Planned (H)	42 violations	$3,815

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

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.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Jul 21, 1989.

Citations on Record

21 serious, 10 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$3,960

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$1,535

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Jan 7, 1987. Final orders are recorded through May 26, 1988. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling22 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
2-Butoxyethanol	7	0 - 1.5	ppm	50 ppm (240 mg/m³)
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	14	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Benzene	7	0	ppm	1 ppm
Benzo [a] Pyrene	6	0	mg/m³	0.2 mg/m³ as Coal tar pitch volatiles (benzene soluble fraction)
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	12	0	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	14	0	mg/m³	-
Chromic Acid and Chromates (as CrO3)	1	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	14	0 - 0.24	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Chrysene	6	0	mg/m³	0.2 mg/m³
Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles (benzene soluble fraction)	6	0 - 0.39	mg/m³	0.2 mg/m³ (benzene-soluble fraction)
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	14	0 - 0.8	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	14	0 - 0.0589	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Cyclohexanol	7	0 - 2.3	ppm	50 ppm (200 mg/m³)
Iron Oxide Fume	14	0 - 4.8073	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	14	0	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	14	0 - 0.3037	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	14	0 - 0.28	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	14	0 - 0.035	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	15	0	mg/m³	20 mppcf (respirable)
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust)	1	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust), 5 mg/m³ (respirable fraction)
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	14	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	14	0 - 0.011	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

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.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	$180	$80	Dec 15, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01002A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I02 I	Serious	$810	$300	Dec 15, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01002B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I02 IIB	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 15, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01002C	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	$0	$0	Jul 28, 1989	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01002D	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 J02	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 31, 1988	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01003	1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E02 II	Serious	$270	$130	Dec 25, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01004	1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01	Serious	$540	$200	Dec 13, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01005	1910.218 Forging Machines OSHA citation code: 19100218 F02 II	Serious	$720	$275	Dec 15, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01006A	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02	Serious	$720	$275	Dec 25, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01006B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 11, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01006C	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 11, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007A	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 II	Serious	$720	$275	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007B	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 III	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007C	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 I	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 25, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007D	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 II	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 25, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007E	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08	Serious	$0	$0	Dec 13, 1986	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007F	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 II	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007G	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007H	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
01007I	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H02 III	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02001A	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 I	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02001B	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 II	Serious	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02001C	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 III	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G05 IV	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 I	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002C	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 IIA	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002D	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G08 IIC	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002E	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K01	Other	$0	$0	Feb 9, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002F	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 L01	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002G	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M02 IID	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988
02002H	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M02 IIE	Other	$0	$0	Jan 10, 1987	Jan 7, 1987	May 26, 1988

Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $225 in FTA penalties on record

OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citationissued 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
02002B	-	-	$225	-	-

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.

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