AMERICAN SHEAR & KNIFE
WEST SEVENTH AVENUE, West Homestead, PA 15176 · NAICS 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Oct 9, 2024#347805186Oct 9, 2024Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Health#347805186$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347805186
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 9, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 9, 2024
- Closed
- Oct 10, 2024
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 0 reported
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 W 7th Ave., West Homestead, PA 15120
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Sep 17, 1986#896209Sep 17, 1986Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#896209$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #896209
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 17, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 17, 1986
- Closed
- Jan 27, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 70
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 501 West Seventh Street, West Homestead, PA 15120
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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 | 1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 E01 I | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Oct 24, 1986 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D02 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 4, 1987 | - | - |
Aug 27, 1986#17478629Aug 27, 1986Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#17478629$5003 viol.3 violations$500 in penalties
Inspection #17478629
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 27, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 27, 1986
- Closed
- Sep 26, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 70
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $500
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- 501 West Seventh Street, West Homestead, PA 15120
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G02 I | Serious | 2 | 3 | $500 | $500 | Sep 24, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01 | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Oct 10, 1986 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.141 Sanitation OSHA citation code: 19100141 G03 | Other | 4 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Sep 24, 1986 | - | - |
Nov 18, 1981#12837985Nov 18, 1981Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#12837985$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12837985
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 18, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 30, 1981
- Closed
- Jan 14, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 123
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- West Seventh Avenue, West Homestead, PA 15126
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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 22, 1980#12926663Feb 22, 1980Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#12926663$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12926663
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 22, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- May 30, 1980
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 170
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- West Seventh Ave, West Homestead, PA 15176
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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.
Feb 22, 1980#12926655Feb 22, 1980Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#12926655$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12926655
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 22, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 22, 1980
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 170
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- West Seventh Ave, West Homestead, PA 15126
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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.
Feb 21, 1978#12865135Feb 21, 1978Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#12865135$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12865135
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 21, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 21, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 100
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- West 7th Ave, West Homestead, PA 15126
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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.
Jun 30, 1977#12906319Jun 30, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#12906319$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #12906319
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 30, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 22, 1977
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 180
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- West 7th Avenue, West Homestead, PA 15120
- Industry
- 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
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.
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.
8 inspections, 1977 to 2024. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Machinery Manufacturing, 18,731 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: cutting tool and machine tool accessory manufacturing reported 1.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 37.4%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source