Establishment profile
ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.
2904 WEST 26TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL, 60623
Operated by METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO · 1 of 2 establishments
332813 — Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
EIN 362268981
Summary
ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 31 years of recorded history, with $3,500 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 51st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 302 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 31 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $3,500 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I | 1 | 1 | $1,300 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,300 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0332 B01 | 1 | 1 | $730 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $170 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F09 | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Above average violations in NAICS 3328 within IL. Peer group: 302 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 196 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Dec 2018
Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2018 | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 31+ years. Most recent activity: 31 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO, not this location alone
National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO locations in the same state.
NLRB cases
National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-CA-082935 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 2012 | Sep 2012 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ABLE ELECTRO-POLISHING CO 2001 SOUTH KILBOURN AVENUE · CHICAGO, IL, 60623 | AirRCRATRI | Violation QNCR 4 | 3 | 0 | — | Dec 2025 | View → |
ABLE ELECTRO-POLISHING CO 2904 W 26TH ST · CHICAGO, IL, 60623 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-01-06 | Planned | 7 | 5 | $3,500 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring within IL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- MODERN PLATING CORPORATIONFREEPORT — 3 federal enforcement records
- WHEATLAND TUBE, LLCCHICAGO — 3 federal enforcement records
- PRECISION PLATING COMPANY, INC.CHICAGO — 2 federal enforcement records
- PAMARCO GLOBAL GRAPHICS, INC.BATAVIA — 2 federal enforcement records
- REGAL INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST LLCPEKIN — 2 federal enforcement records
- UNITED METAL FINISHERS, INC.CHICAGO — 2 federal enforcement records
- ELECTRONIC PLATING COMPANYCICERO — 2 federal enforcement records
- BERTEAU-LOWELL PLATING WORKS, INC.CHICAGO — 2 federal enforcement records
- EN-CHRO PLATING, LLCMELROSE PARK — 2 federal enforcement records
- WEAR-COTE INTL., INC.ROCK ISLAND — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO locationsParent rollup
- Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and ColoringAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
- Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, in ILIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 7 violations and $3,500 in total penalties.
- How does ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC. operates in the electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. ABLE ELECTROPOLISHING COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 5.54 compared to an industry average of 2.3.