Nanticoke, Pennsylvania · Solid Waste Collection · NAICS 562111
OSHA has inspected Solid Waste Services Inc. 7 times in Pennsylvania since 2015.
The latest one began on Jul 2, 2025 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Pottstown; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $16,550 and still stand at $16,550.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Solid Waste Services Inc. averages $8,275 (2 cited inspections).
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this companyLiberty Alley Jefferson Ave, Pottstown, PA 19464 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $16,550 | $16,550 | Dec 31, 2025 | Contested |
212 West Hinckley Avenue, Ridley Park, PA 19078 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 15, 2023 (fatal): Employee is struck and killed by trash truck
At 12:00 noon on August 15, 2023, an employee stepped off the back of a moving trash truck as it was backing and was struck and killed by the truck.
No citations from this inspection.
871 East Main Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
871 East Main Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Hagys Mill Road & Johns Lane, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 2, 2018 (fatal): Employee is crushed when truck rolls over and is killed
At 10:15 a.m. on January 2, 2018, an employee was driving a large garbage truck on his route picking up trash. The truck experienced brake trouble and the driver jumped from the vehicle. The truck then turned right and rolled on to it's side, trapping the driver under the vehicle. The employee was crushed and killed.
No citations from this inspection.
2022 Mountain Road, Manheim, PA 17545 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
315 Basin Street, Allentown, PA 18103 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 22, 2015 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Sep 9, 2016, Lafayette Hill: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, unspecified · body systems
An employee was performing street trash collection when he experienced weakness and high blood pressure due to heat-related illness, requiring hospitalization.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
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.
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.