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Artsquest: OSHA inspections and violations

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities · NAICS 711310

1inspections
1citation items
$2,898current penalties
Apr 2, 2019last inspection

Artsquest has one OSHA inspection on record in Pennsylvania.

OSHA opened it on Apr 2, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Bethlehem.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $5,796 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,898, down 50%.

For context, across all arts and recreation employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,400. Artsquest averages $2,898 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Artsquest also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Artsquest: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343898532 OPENED APR 2, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 161 employees at the site · Closed Sep 3, 2019

Artsquest Center 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015 · Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 1, 2019 (fatal): Employee develops edema from foot fracture and later dies

At 6:38 p.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was disassembling a stage when its support legs fell out of the leg receivers. As a result, the stage collapsed on the employee's foot, fracturing it. The employee developed a blood edema three weeks later and died.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$5,796$2,898Aug 1, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2021, the Bethlehem site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 115 workers: 7.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 58 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
ArtsQuest Center
Bethlehem · 2021
115 617.93.2

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

Other promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events with facilities employers in Pennsylvania

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.