JPW Structural Contracting Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Syracuse, New York · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · NAICS 332312
7inspections
9citation items
$15,683current penalties
Aug 23, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected JPW Structural Contracting Inc. 7 times in New York since 2007.
The latest one began on Aug 23, 2023 after a complaint, in Syracuse.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 8 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $23,888 and now stand at $15,683, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and JPW Structural Contracting Inc. averages $7,842 (2 cited inspections).
JPW Structural Contracting Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
New York · latest 90 days of OSHA records
359employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Syracuse site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 84 workers: 11.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 47 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
JPW Structural Contracting, Inc.
Syracuse · 2025
84
10
5
11.0
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was lifting two large steel plates with an overhead crane and guiding them both with his gloved left hand. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the steel plates, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Fire resistance. Storage cabinets shall be designed and constructed to limit the internal temperature to not more than 325 °F. when subjected to a 10-minute fire test using the standard time-temperature curve as set forth in Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, NFPA 251-1969, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6. All joints and seams shall remain tight and the door shall remain securely closed during the fire test. Cabinets shall be labeled in conspicuous lettering, “Flammable—Keep Fire Away.”
(2) Cleaning. All spraying areas shall be kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary. Scrapers, spuds, or other such tools used for cleaning purposes shall be of nonsparking material.
(ii) In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).
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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.