Establishment profile
HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
1671 S. BROADWAY ST., CARROLLTON, TX, 75006
332813 — Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
EIN 752735858
Summary
HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $57,890 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 88th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 216 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
71% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 23 citations in this view · $57,890 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $3,537 | Jul 1995 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 2 | 2 | $2,262 | Jul 1995 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I | 2 | 2 | — | Jul 1995 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $8,096 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 | 1 | 1 | $6,362 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I C | 1 | 1 | $6,286 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 III B | 1 | 1 | $6,286 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $6,286 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II D | 1 | 1 | $6,286 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0039 A02 | 1 | 1 | $4,490 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 1 | 1 | $1,700 | Sep 2006 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $1,312 | Jul 1995 | Jul 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 IV | 1 | 1 | $1,275 | Sep 2006 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 | 1 | 1 | $1,275 | Sep 2006 | Sep 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | $750 | Jul 1995 | Jul 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $562 | Jul 1995 | Jul 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $562 | Jul 1995 | Jul 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 I02 | 1 | 1 | $562 | Jul 1995 | Jul 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
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 most other employers in NAICS 3328 within TX. Peer group: 216 employers. This establishment has 29 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.
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 90 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) · Jun 2017 – Mar 2018
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2018 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation | |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Multiple arm locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2019 | Abdomen,Arm,Burn,Carry,Chest,Face,Fall,Fall On Same Level,Falling Object,Glove,Leg,Neck,Protective Clothing,Sulfuric Acid,Tripped | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Amputated,Caught In,Finger,Machine Guarding,Maintenance | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Arm,Caught Between,Contusion,Laceration,Lockout/Tagout | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 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 HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. 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 HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE 1671 S BROADWAY ST · CARROLLTON, TX, 75006 | WaterRCRA | 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 HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-10 | Referral | 4 | 4 | $14,458 | |
| 2019-05-06 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-03-27 | Referral | 5 | 4 | $29,635 | |
| 2017-06-12 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2006-06-08 | Planned | 8 | 7 | $8,925 | |
| 2006-04-30 | Referral | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1995-07-13 | Complaint | 10 | 9 | $4,872 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $57,890.4 in total penalties.
- How does HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC operates in the electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 2.7 compared to an industry average of 2.3.