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Sterling Plating Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Harwood Heights, Illinois · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · NAICS 332813

2inspections
5citation items
$4,200current penalties
Dec 5, 2024last inspection

Since 2012, OSHA inspectors have visited Sterling Plating Inc. in Illinois 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 5, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Harwood Heights.

In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,088; today they stand at $4,200, 17% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Sterling Plating Inc. averages $2,128 across 1 cited inspection.

Sterling Plating Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347917619 OPENED DEC 5, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 10, 2025

4629 N. Ronald Street, Harwood Heights, IL 60706 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,128$2,128Mar 17, 2025Final

Inspection 335926184 OPENED AUG 23, 2012Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 13 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2012

4629 N. Ronald St., Harwood Heights, IL 60706 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$1,200$840Oct 24, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,020$714Oct 24, 2012Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$340$238Oct 24, 2012Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(9) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$400$280Oct 24, 2012Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(9)

(9) The employer shall not remove or deface existing labels on incoming containers of hazardous chemicals, unless the container is immediately marked with the required information.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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