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Linde plc.
OSHA: 8 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 4 casesImmigration: 1 PERMContracts: not listed
The federal record for Linde plc., Stockertown, Pennsylvania, consists of 8 OSHA inspections, 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 1 PERM application and 3 years of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.
OSHA opened 8 inspections at Linde plc. sites in Pennsylvania since 2016, issuing 3 citations, 1 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $26,182 (initially $30,422), $3,273 per inspection, close to the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 79 employees and 3 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, higher than the pooled rate for its industry (0.9; median establishment 0.8).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 4 compliance actions involving Linde plc., recording $423,608 in back wages agreed to pay for 191 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and Medical Leave Act.
OFLC records 1 PERM labor certification application from the employer; the employer reported 130 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 237 | Pennsylvania | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $3,273 | $3,873 | $4,475 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 25% | — | 50% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1926.651 | Specific excavation requirements | 2 |
| 1926.652 | Requirements for protective systems (excavations) | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2026 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Open | |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Planned · Safety | No inspection | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 13 May 2024 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 2 Feb 2023 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 15 Mar 2022 | Planned · Safety | No inspection | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 11 Dec 2020 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 1 | $19,114 | Final order | 1926.651(h)(1) |
| 12 Apr 2018 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $7,068 | Final order | 1926.652(a)(1) (Serious), 1926.651(c)(2) |
| 4 Oct 2016 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 237 (quartiles 0.0–3.2); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 190 | 434,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 78 | 189,373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 79 | 193,422 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Pennsylvania. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 237 | Pennsylvania | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $106K | $20K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 47.8 | — | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $2,218 | — | $967 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 192 | $423,608 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1 | $0 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2013 – 4 Jul 2015 | 40 | $412,500 | 39 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 26 Aug 2013 – 15 Nov 2013 | 1 | $214 | 1 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 10 Jul 2010 – 9 Jul 2012 | 151 | $10,894 | 151 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 18 Jul 2009 – 19 Aug 2009 | 1 | $0 | 0 | — | Family and Medical Leave Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1752549, 1707726, 1654721, 1553845.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
No labor condition application from this employer in Pennsylvania appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Operations Manager | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| General and Operations Managers | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Linde plc.?
Yes. OSHA records 8 inspections at Linde plc. sites in Pennsylvania since 2016, most recently opened 24 Jun 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
3 citations with current penalties totalling $26,182. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 6 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Linde plc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $423,608 in back wages agreed to pay across 4 cases, for 191 employees.
Does Linde plc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
No labor condition application from Linde plc. in Pennsylvania appears in OFLC disclosure data for fiscal years 2025–2026. LCAs are filed by the employer's headquarters state, so a subsidiary or another state's entity may hold the filings.
Does Linde plc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1 PERM application in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1 of them certified.
Does Linde plc. hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Linde plc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.