Waterbury, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Waterbury Plating, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Waterbury Plating, LLC in 114 Porter Street, Waterbury, CT 06708 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Waterbury Plating, LLC
- Parent company
- Waterbury Plating, LLC
- Street
- 114 Porter Street
- City
- Waterbury
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06708
- On-site location
- Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was mixing chemicals to clean pH probes.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Inhalation of noxious substances
Object or substance involved
Chemical fumes
Summary line
Inhalation of noxious substances
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab
- SOC code
- 19-4031: Chemical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 332813: Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 45
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 92,489
- Establishment ID
- 414893
- Employer case #
- 23-03
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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