DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,392

ABB INC.
PPHV DIVISION
MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-82,392A

LEASED WORKERS FROM HEG COMPANY AND BEELINE
WORKING ON-SITE AT ABB INC.
PPHV DIVISION
MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 31, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of ABB Inc., PPHV Division, Mount Pleasant,
Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to production of high voltage circuit breakers. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from HEG Company
and Beeline.
Workers of ABB Inc., PPHV Division, Mount Pleasant,
Pennsylvania were certified under petition number TA-W-74,088
that expired on July 2, 2012. That certification did not
include on-site leased workers from HEG Company and Beeline.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country production of articles
like or directly competitive with the high voltage circuit
breakers produced by the workers' firm, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at ABB Inc., PPHV
Division, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ABB Inc., PPHV
Division, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to production of high voltage circuit
breakers, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of ABB Inc., PPHV Division, Mount Pleasant,
Pennsylvania, (TA-W-82,392) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 3,
2012 through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended,
AND


All leased workers from HEG Company and Beeline, working
on-site at ABB Inc., PPHV Division, Mount Pleasant,
Pennsylvania, (TA-W-82,392A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January
30, 2012 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of February, 2013

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
____________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance