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OSHA Injury Report: Waterbury Plating, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Waterbury Plating, LLC in Waterbury, CT 06708 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.

Establishment
Waterbury Plating, LLC
Parent company
Waterbury Plating, LLC
Street
114 Porter Street
City
Waterbury
State
CT
ZIP
06708
On-site location
Lab
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was mixing chemicals to clean pH probes.

Employee was exposed to fumes from nitric acid and hydrochloric acid (mixing chemicals for cleaning ph probes purposes) which exasperated his breathing. Employee said they have current copd emphysema issues. He was not using the hood and was not following standard procedures. It is standard procedure to mix the chemicals under the ventilation hood to avoid and protect from fumes.

Inhalation of noxious substances

Chemical fumes

Inhalation of noxious substances

Job description
Lab
SOC code
19-4031 — Chemical Technicians
NAICS code
332813 — Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
45
Total hours worked
92489
Establishment ID
414893
Employer case #
23-03
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:20:22:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.