MCALLEN, TX —
OSHA Inspection: AEF PLATING LLC
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of AEF PLATING LLC in 4000 W URSULA AVE, MCALLEN, TX 78503 (NAICS 332813). OSHA activity number 335697819.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- AEF PLATING LLC
- Site address
- 4000 W URSULA AVE
- City
- MCALLEN
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78503
- Mailing
- 4000 W. URSULA AVE, MCALLEN, TX 78503
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332813
- Employees
- 25
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.23 C03
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013
- Abate by
- Mar 8, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toeboard: At this metal plating facility, employees were exposed to falls into tanks of hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, Soak Cleaner, Rinse Water, Electro Clean, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Etch 185, Bright Dip, Sulfuric Acid, Nickel Plating, Gold Strike, Copper Strike, Silver Strike, Zinc Plating, Sour Dip, and Yellow Chromate.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $500
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.141 D02 III
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 14, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $400 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iii): Lavatories were not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent: At this workplace employees involved in plating processes use hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, Gold Bath, Gold Strike, Aluma Etch 185, Soak Cleaner, Nickel Sulphamate, Luster-on Aluminescent, Bright Dip, Etch Cleaner 185, Brite Guard RP-89, Hydrochloric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Citric Acid, Nitric Acid, and Sodium Cyanide. The men's lavatory on the north side of this facility did not have hand soap.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $400
- — Z (S) $1600
1910.141 D02 IV
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 14, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling: At this workplace employees involved in metal plating processes use hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, Gold Bath, Gold Strike, Aluma Etch 185, Soak Cleaner, Nickel Sulphamate, Luster-on Aluminescent, Bright Dip, Etch Cleaner 185, Brite Guard RP-89, Hydrochloric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Citric Acid, Nitric Acid, and Sodium Cyanide. The men's lavatory on the north side of this facility did not have a means to dry hands.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1000 C
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013
- Abate by
- May 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $750 Reduced
1430
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(c): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Hydrogen Chloride listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 15-minute Time Weighted Average concentration of 5 parts per million: An employee was exposed to airborne levels of Hydrogen Chloride at 5.64 parts per million (15-minute time weighted average) while electroplating metal items. This level is 1.128 times the OSHA ceiling limit (C) of 5.0 parts per million. Sampling was performed on August 10, 2012 during a normal work shift for a period of 58 minutes.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $750
- — Z (S) $2800
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 335697819.
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