1915.135 Powder Actuated Fastening Tools

29 CFR 1915.135 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued August 20, 1984 to February 26, 2001 · Data through October 25, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on.

Citations

citation items issued

Inspections

each counted once

Initial penalties

$1,980

as first assessed

Current penalties

$890

44.9% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$75median current penalty per citation

$120median initial penalty per citation

66.7%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced

0.0%of citations were contested

OSHA violation type	Citations	Share	Median current	Contested	Initial total	Current total
Serious (S)	5	83.3%	$150	0.0%	$1,980	$890
Other (O)	1	16.7%	$0	0.0%	$0	$0

CitationsPenaltiesContested

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Serious (S)583.3% share$890current total0.0%contested

Citations: 5
Share: 83.3%
Current total: $890
Initial total: $1,980
Median current: $150
Contested: 0.0%

Other (O)116.7% share$0current total0.0%contested

Citations: 1
Share: 16.7%
Current total: $0
Initial total: $0
Median current: $0
Contested: 0.0%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2001	1	0.00%	1	$500	$500
1989	4	0.00%	2	$75	$390
1984	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

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200110.00% of all citations1inspections$500current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $500
Median current: $500

All records issued in 2001

198940.00% of all citations2inspections$390current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $390
Median current: $75

All records issued in 1989

198410.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1984

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1915.135, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)4100.0%

Cited alongside 1915.135

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 4 inspections citing 1915.135.

1910.303375.0%

1915.154 Respiratory Protection375.0%

1904.2250.0%

1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements250.0%

1910.305250.0%

1915.7 Competent Person250.0%

1915.51 Ventilation and Protection in Welding, Cutting and Heating250.0%

1915.55 Gas Welding and Cutting250.0%

1915.71 Scaffolds or Staging250.0%

1915.72 Ladders250.0%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10125.0%

11-49250.0%

250-999125.0%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Private (A)4100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

Most cited paragraphs

OSHA citation code, as recorded	Citations	Current penalties
19150135 B03	2	$390
19150135 B09	2	$0
19150135 C	1	$0
19150135 C01	1	$500

19150135 B032$390 current penalties

19150135 B092$0 current penalties

19150135 C1$0 current penalties

19150135 C011$500 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data

Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1915.135: Powder Actuated Fastening Tools

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Full Standard Text

29 CFR 1915.135 on OSHA.gov

osha.gov

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

Part 1915 full regulatory text

ecfr.gov

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Records are refreshed from published DOL data. We strive for accuracy, but errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts after informal conference, settlement, or judicial review. Company pages group inspection records by normalized employer name, city, and state as reported in OSHA records. That grouping is deterministic and non-fuzzy, but it is not a universal legal-entity identifier. If you believe any record is inaccurate, please report it and we will investigate. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.