Establishment profile
GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC.
1902 MARINE VIEW DRIVE, TACOMA, WA, 98422
Operated by General Metals of Tacoma, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
EIN 910613370
Summary
GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC. has accumulated 24 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 46 years of recorded history, with $1,540 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67,396 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 31 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater 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 · 21 citations in this view · $1,540 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 E01 | 2 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1915.0073 D | 1 | 1 | $700 | Nov 1994 | Nov 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0021 F | 1 | 1 | $420 | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 A02 | 1 | 1 | $420 | Oct 1980 | Oct 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0091 A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IIB | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0021 G | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0090 E01 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1918.0090 H01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1990 | Sep 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A05 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 J02 II | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 F04 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 1988 | Nov 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1915.0055 A06 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1987 | May 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1915.0055 A09 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1987 | May 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 1980 | Oct 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 B05 | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 1980 | Oct 1980 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 67,396 employers. This establishment has 24 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
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 20 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.
Inspection breakdown
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 GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
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 GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, 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 GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, 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 GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, 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 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 · $1,552,000 in assessed penalties.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA 1902 MARINE VIEW DR · TACOMA, WA, 98422 | AirWaterRCRA | Violation Identified QNCR 12 | 9 | 2 | $1,552,000 | Jul 2025 | 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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
- Department of DefenseSMELTINGcontract · Last action 2012-07-30$2,450
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 331492 - SECONDARY SMELTING, REFINING, AND ALLOYING OF NONFERROUS METAL (EXCEPT COPPER AND ALUMINUM). Last action: 2012-07-30. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-11-08 | Planned | 1 | 1 | $700 | |
| 1990-08-16 | Planned | 7 | 1 | $420 | |
| 1988-10-27 | Planned | 8 | — | $0 | |
| 1987-05-04 | Planned | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-06-18 | Planned | 6 | 2 | $420 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization General Metals of Tacoma, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of General Metals of Tacoma, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by General Metals of Tacoma, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA INCTACOMA, WA — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All General Metals of Tacoma, Inc locationsParent rollup
- Employers in WAState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, 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 General Metals of Tacoma, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- GENERAL METALS OF TACOMA, INC. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 24 violations and $1,540 in total penalties.