OSHA has inspected Acme Galvanizing, Inc. 16 times in Wisconsin since 1972.
The latest one began on Mar 16, 2015 on a referral, in Milwaukee.
Those inspections ended with 95 citation items: 45 serious, 1 repeat and 49 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $59,908 and now stand at $36,220, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Acme Galvanizing, Inc. averages $6,000 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Acme Galvanizing, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 339002024 OPENED APR 8, 2013Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 76 employees at the site · Closed May 9, 2013
2730 S. 19th St., Milwaukee, WI 53234 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 315121806 OPENED JUN 7, 2011Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 70 employees at the site · Closed May 9, 2013
2730 South 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 7, 2011 (fatal): Crane operator killed when struck by hoisted part
At approximately 4:12 a.m. on June 7, 2011, Employee #1, a 24-year-old male with Acme Galvanizing Inc., was operating a pendant controlled, double trolley overh ead gantry crane to move process bars to and from cooling racks onto the carriag e. The process bars are large (1200 pound) steel racks that are used to support parts that are being immersed in the galvanizing bath. The process bars with the parts are removed from the galvanizing tanks; the bar is set on a transport car riage and moved to a cooling area where the process bar is moved from the carria ge to a set of cooling stands that are also approximately ten-feet high. When th e parts are cooled they are removed from the process bar and the bar is placed b ack on the transport carriage to be moved to the galvanizing area for the next j ob. During the movement of one of the process bars from the cooling rack to the carriage, Employee #1 started to move the gantry prior to raising the crane hook s fully from the hook pockets on the process bar causing the bar to be pulled fr om the carriage on to Employee #1, striking him on the head and pinning him unde r the bar. Employee #1 was killed in the event. Employee #1 had been employed si nce March 14, 2011 and had been in his current position approximately 2 weeks. T he area from which the operator was operating the pendant control was cluttered with other material and equipment that limited his escape route and safe locatio n from which to operate the crane.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,390 | $2,700 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $5,390 | $2,500 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 10 |
Other-than-serious | $3,850 | $0 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 11a |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 11b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 12a |
Serious | $0 | $5,000 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 12b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2011 | Final |
Inspection 122383821 OPENED JAN 20, 2005Closed
Planned · Complete · Health · 66 employees at the site · Closed Mar 28, 2005
2730 South 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Milwaukee site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 81 workers: 6.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
