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BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC

2631 E 126TH ST, COMPTON, CA, 90222
Operated by Bowman Plating Company, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
332999All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
EIN 953504919

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OSHA inspections
8
over 31 years
Violations
41
$19,105 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC has accumulated 41 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 31 years of recorded history, with $19,105 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 491 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, FMCSA motor carrier registration, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.3 / yr · last 31 yrs
Violations
41
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$19,105
$466 avg / violation
10% serious90% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · follow-up
3 of 8

63% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 24 citations in this view · $15,850 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 2340.002333$2,525Jul 1995Jan 2008
29 CFR 2340.0022 A22$1,175Jul 1995Feb 1998
6151 C0422$485Feb 1998Jan 2008
5144 F0211$2,810Feb 1998Feb 1998
5155 E11$1,685Feb 1998Feb 1998
4070 A11$1,125Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 2340.000111$1,125Feb 1998Feb 1998
5144 C11$900Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 2340.0011 A0111$560Jan 2008Jan 2008
6151 E0311$375Jan 2008Jan 2008
6151 C0111$375Jan 2008Jan 2008
5031 C11$335Feb 1998Feb 1998
5452 E11$335Feb 1998Feb 1998
3385 A11$305Sep 1998Sep 1998
5162 A11$305Sep 1998Sep 1998
3203 A11$300Jan 2008Jan 2008
29 CFR 1430.0040 A11$300Jan 2008Jan 2008
3270 B11$280Feb 1998Feb 1998
5449 B11$275Jul 1995Jul 1995
29 CFR 2530.010411$275Jul 1995Jul 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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3329 within CA. Peer group: 491 employers. This establishment has 41 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $2,200
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 1

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.

DART rate
1.1
vs industry
−0.3
TRIR
1.1
vs industry
−1.5

Reported for 152 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

Industry avg TRIR
2.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.4
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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
3
Referral
2
Follow-up
3

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 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 BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
7
Quarters non-compliant
8
Formal actions
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BOWMAN PLATING CO INC
2631 E 126TH ST · COMPTON, CA, 90222
WaterRCRAViolation Identified
QNCR 8
71May 2024View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
2645096
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$500K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
False Statements

First case: 2012-11-01. Most recent: 2012-11-01. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $500,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Bowman Plating Company Inc.
Bowman Plating Company, Inc.
Nov 2012pleaFalse StatementsUSDOJ - Major Frauds Section (California - Southern District)$500,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-04-23Referral5$750
2007-10-12Complaint8$3,710
1998-12-17Follow-up0$0
1998-12-17Follow-up0$0
1998-03-27Complaint3$745
1998-02-19Follow-up0$0
1997-09-08Referral204$12,525
1995-06-08Complaint5$1,375

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Bowman Plating Company, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Bowman Plating Company, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BOWMAN PLATING 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 Bowman Plating Company, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC's OSHA violation history?
BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 41 violations and $19,105 in total penalties.
How does BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC's safety record compare to its industry?
BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC operates in the all other miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.6. BOWMAN PLATING COMPANY INC's self-reported DART rate is 1.11 compared to an industry average of 1.4.