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Sterling Machine Technologies: OSHA inspections and violations

Palmyra, Pennsylvania · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

3inspections
11citation items
$9,625current penalties
Mar 9, 2026last inspection

Since 2003, OSHA inspectors have visited Sterling Machine Technologies in Pennsylvania 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 9, 2026 as a planned inspection, in Palmyra.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 10 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $13,761; today they stand at $9,625, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Sterling Machine Technologies averages $4,750 across 2 cited inspections.

Sterling Machine Technologies also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Sterling Machine Technologies: OSHA citation items per year, 2003 to 2026
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348794231 OPENED MAR 9, 2026Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 35 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2026

220 Kreider Road, Palmyra, PA 17078 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,972$2,750Sep 3, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Sep 3, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,972$2,750Sep 3, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 3, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 3, 2026Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 3, 2026Final

Inspection 348794322 OPENED MAR 9, 2026Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Oct 20, 2026

220 Kreider Road, Palmyra, PA 17078 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,627$4,000Sep 2, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Sep 2, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Sep 2, 2026Final

Inspection 305834988 OPENED JAN 24, 2003Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Apr 7, 2003

195 Kreider Road, Palmyra, PA 17078 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$190$125Feb 12, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Feb 12, 2003Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Palmyra site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 33 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Sterling Machine Technologies, Inc.
Palmyra · 2025
33 000.02.7
Sterling Machine Technologies
Palmyra · 2021
35 6016.92.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)

(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

Other machine shops employers in Pennsylvania

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