Johnson Controls Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
York, Pennsylvania · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333415
32inspections
30citation items
$55,938current penalties
Jun 11, 2024last inspection
Since 1975, OSHA inspectors have visited Johnson Controls Inc. in Pennsylvania 32 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 11, 2024 on a referral, in Waynesboro.
In all, OSHA issued 30 citation items: 12 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
The penalties, $55,938 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
The rule cited most here is 1926.500 (scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart), 3 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Johnson Controls Inc. averages $16,639 across 3 cited inspections.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Johnson Controls Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Pennsylvania · latest 90 days of OSHA records
299employers cited
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Referral · Partial · Safety · 350 employees at the site · Closed Mar 18, 2025
100 Cumberland Valley Avenue, Waynesboro, PA 17268 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 300 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2023
100 Jci Way, York, PA 17406 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 346662455 OPENED APR 25, 2023Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 300 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 2023
100 Jci Way, York, PA 17406 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 346146475 OPENED AUG 15, 2022Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Nov 7, 2023
Complaint · Partial · Health · 300 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2019
100 Jci Way, York, PA 17406 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342282506 OPENED APR 27, 2017Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 304 employees at the site · Closed May 1, 2017
1499 East Philadelphia St., York, PA 17403 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 341652071 OPENED JUL 28, 2016Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 304 employees at the site · Closed Mar 2, 2017
1499 East Philadelphia St., York, PA 17403 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 27, 2016 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed by falling hvac unit
At 9:30 pm on July 27, 2016, an employee was crushed when a 3,200 pound HVAC unit tipped over from a lift truck.
Complaint · Partial · Health · 250 employees at the site · Closed Aug 25, 2011
1499 East Philadelphia Street, York, PA 17403 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 312979461 OPENED MAR 3, 2010Closed
Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Sep 10, 2010
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the York site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 570 workers: 0.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 102 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ace
York · 2025
570
2
1
0.4
2.4
Waynesboro site
Waynesboro · 2025
384
5
1
1.2
2.4
USA PA Reading
Reading · 2025
41
0
0
0.0
0.9
Johnson Controls Inc.
Waynesboro · 2024
400
9
3
2.0
2.4
FRICK Plant
Waynesboro · 2023
361
7
1
1.9
2.4
Pittsburgh, PA HVAC
Pittsburgh · 2021
35
1
0
3.0
1.8
JCI Waynesboro
Waynesboro · 2020
398
5
1
1.4
2.4
East York
York · 2020
51
1
0
1.6
2.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jan 6, 2025, York: Hospitalization · closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels · abdomen unspecified
An employee was manually adjusting a wooden pallet when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. The pallet fell on the employee's abdomen and they were hospitalized with internal bleeding.
An employee was operating the drill press and became light-headed falling forward into the press and sustaining a right pinky finger amputation and partial right middle finger amputation.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(b) Selection. Employers shall base the selection of the appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the task(s) to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.
