PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS INC
400 NORTH BROAD STREET, Philadelphia, PA 19130
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Inspection records
Mar 19, 1982#12634010Mar 19, 1982Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12634010$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12634010
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 19, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 19, 1982
- Closed
- Apr 27, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,385
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
- 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 B01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 1982 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 Q05 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 14, 1982 | - | - |
Nov 16, 1978#12665352Nov 16, 1978Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12665352$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12665352
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 16, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 21, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,400
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 North Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19101
- 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.
Jul 25, 1978#12754933Jul 25, 1978Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#12754933$5001 viol.1 violation$500 in penalties
Inspection #12754933
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 25, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 29, 1978
- Contested
- Oct 15, 1978
- Final Order
- Oct 15, 1979
- Closed
- Sep 24, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,900
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 willful
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- 400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101
- 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.
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 | Willful | 8 | - | $1,000 | $500 | Dec 23, 1978 | Oct 15, 1978 | Oct 15, 1979 |
Dec 28, 1977#12684247Dec 28, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12684247$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12684247
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 28, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 28, 1977
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,900
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101
- 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.
Sep 30, 1977#12704672Sep 30, 1977Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#12704672$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12704672
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 30, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 30, 1977
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,400
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19101
- 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.
Mar 17, 1977#12704052Mar 17, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12704052$1802 viol.2 violations$180 in penalties
Inspection #12704052
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 17, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 1977
- Contested
- May 15, 1977
- Closed
- Nov 7, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,400
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $180
- Penalties on Record
- $180
- Site Address
- 400 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19101
- 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 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 1 | - | $180 | $180 | May 4, 1977 | May 15, 1977 | - |
| 02001 | 1910.145 Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags OSHA citation code: 19100145 F | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 11, 1977 | - | - |
Nov 30, 1976#12639423Nov 30, 1976Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12639423$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12639423
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 1976
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,310
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
- 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.
Nov 30, 1976#12639415Nov 30, 1976Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#12639415$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12639415
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 1976
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2,310
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 400 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
- 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.
Apr 1, 1974#12638946Apr 1, 1974Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#12638946$32540 viol.40 violations$325 in penalties
Inspection #12638946
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 1, 1974
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 1, 1974
- Contested
- May 15, 1974
- Closed
- May 28, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Not displayed
- Number of Employees
- 3,821
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 40
- Violation Types
- 40 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $360
- Penalties on Record
- $325
- Site Address
- 400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
- 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 40 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | May 22, 1974 | May 15, 1974 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 2 | - | $30 | $30 | Sep 22, 1974 | May 15, 1974 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 B02 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | May 22, 1974 | May 15, 1974 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A01 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Aug 22, 1974 | May 15, 1974 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Other | 3 | - | $30 | $30 | Aug 22, 1974 | May 15, 1974 | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 40 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
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.
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.
9 inspections, 1974 to 1982. 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.