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MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.

170 FOX DRIVE, PIQUA, OH, 45356
332813Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring

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OSHA inspections
9
over 16 years
Violations
42
$48,658 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
9 National Emphasis Program inspections · 7 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C. has accumulated 42 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $48,658 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 333 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C. appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.6 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
42
2.6 / yr
Penalties
$48,658
$1,159 avg / violation
69% serious31% other
Inspection trigger · follow-up
4 of 9
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 9

89% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · 28 citations in this view · $46,898 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0138 A22$6,723Jun 2015Dec 2020
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III22$2,800Oct 2012Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0242 B22$2,710Jun 2010Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0322$2,700May 2010Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$2,200May 2010Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$750Jun 2010Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0122$370Jun 2010Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0122$260Jun 2010Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0611$8,800Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0219 E0111$4,085Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0111$3,700Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$2,600Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.1000 E11$2,000Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.1026 L0111$2,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I11$1,700Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 IV11$1,500Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0025 D02 XV11$1,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0038 B11$400Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II11$300Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0111$300Oct 2012Oct 2012

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

94th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3328 within OH. Peer group: 333 employers. This establishment has 42 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $3,911
Inspection frequency
96th
peer median: 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.

DART rate
7.4
vs industry
+5.1
TRIR
7.4
vs industry
+3.3

Reported for 46 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
4.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.4
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

Planned
1
Referral
3
Follow-up
4

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) · Jan 2015 – Oct 2020 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Oct 27, 2020Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation
Jan 14, 2015Contact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Oct 28, 2020Aluminum Processing,Amputated,Amputation,Belt,Catch Point,Caught By,Deburring,Finger,Fingertip,Glove,Grinding,Grinding Machine,Grinding Wheel,Inexperience,Instantaneous amputation,Lathe,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Material Handling,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Partial Amputation,Protective Clothing,Pulled In,Rotating Parts,Traumatic Amputation1

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,263
Employees affected
9

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 10 violations · $2,263 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeJan 20111109$2,263

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 10 violations · $2,263 in backwages · 9 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011Other Aluminum Rolling and DrawingFLSA109$2,263

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.. 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 MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-11-03Referral11$4,723
2015-08-20Monitoring0$0
2015-01-23Referral44$8,085
2014-01-17Follow-up76$14,900
2014-01-17Follow-up2$2,600
2012-07-25Follow-up83$8,900
2012-07-25Follow-up52$5,700
2010-05-19Referral88$1,900
2010-05-06Planned75$1,850

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C. 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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Frequently asked

What is MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.'s OSHA violation history?
MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C. has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 42 violations and $48,658 in total penalties.
How does MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.'s safety record compare to its industry?
MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C. operates in the electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. MIAMI VALLEY POLISHING L.L.C.'s self-reported DART rate is 7.36 compared to an industry average of 2.3.