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Five Star Plating: OSHA inspections and violations

Lawrence, Massachusetts · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · NAICS 332813

1inspections
11citation items
$18,000current penalties
Jan 9, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Five Star Plating in Massachusetts one time.

It opened on Jan 9, 2019, in Lawrence.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 11 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $55,692; today they stand at $18,000, 68% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1026 (hexavalent chromium), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Five Star Plating averages $18,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Five Star Plating: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343709218 OPENED JAN 9, 2019Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Health · 49 employees at the site · Closed Feb 16, 2021

7 Broadway, Lawrence, MA 01840 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a Serious$9,282$4,000Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b Serious$9,282$0Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,978$1,500Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$6,630$3,000Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$9,282$3,000Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$6,630$4,000Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(ii) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$0$0Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 8c
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$5,304$0Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$5,304$2,500Jun 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 5, 2019Final

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 1910.1026(i)(1)

(i) Hygiene areas and practices—(1) General. Where protective clothing and equipment is required, the employer shall provide change rooms in conformance with 29 CFR 1910.141. Where skin contact with chromium (VI) occurs, the employer shall provide washing facilities in conformance with 29 CFR 1910.141. Eating and drinking areas provided by the employer shall also be in conformance with § 1910.141.

29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall ensure that employees do not enter eating and drinking areas with protective work clothing or equipment unless surface chromium (VI) has been removed from the clothing and equipment by methods that do not disperse chromium (VI) into the air or onto an employee's body.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring employers in Massachusetts

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