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POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.

1 ALLEN STREET BUILDING #218, SPRINGFIELD, MA, 01108
Operated by POLY-METAL FINISHING INC
332813Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
EIN 042481928

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OSHA inspections
15
over 50 years
Violations
89
$35,925 in penalties
Penalties
$35,925
$404 avg
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC. has accumulated 89 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $35,925 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 153 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 months ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

POLY-METAL FINISHING, 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
89
1.8 / yr
Penalties
$35,925
$404 avg / violation
58% serious42% other
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 15
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 15

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 32 citations in this view · $26,721 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A33$2,000Jan 1976Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$3,200Dec 2008Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$2,613Jun 2001Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III22$1,046Sep 2004Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0213 B0322$900Jul 1986Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$750Jan 1976Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0922$500Jul 1986Nov 2007
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0222$263May 1983Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.0213 D0122Jul 1986Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I22May 1983Sep 2004
29 CFR 1904.0002 A22Oct 1979Jun 2001
29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 II11$2,648Jun 2026Jun 2026
29 CFR 1910.1026 H0111$2,450Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I11$2,450Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.1026 C11$2,450Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0311$1,500Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0107 C0611$1,190Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811$1,012Sep 2015Sep 2015
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0311$1,000Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111$750Dec 2008Dec 2008

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 3328 within MA. Peer group: 153 employers. This establishment has 89 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $2,326
Inspection frequency
97th
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
1.4
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
2.7
vs industry
−1.4

Reported for 68 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
2.7
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
7
Complaint
3
Referral
3
Follow-up
2

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) · May 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

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
May 6, 2015Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueThigh(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
4 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 4 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for POLY-METAL FINISHING, 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 POLY-METAL FINISHING, 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 POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
0
Formal actions
2
EPA penalties
$12,000

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No 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 · $12,000 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
POLY METAL FINISHING INC
1 ALLEN STREET · SPRINGFIELD, MA, 01108
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified22$12,000Dec 2021View →

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
298191
Operation
A

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

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$7K
Awards
3
Top agency
Department of Defense
$7K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332813 - ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING, AND COLORING. Last action: 2014-11-19. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-05-05Planned21$3,310
2015-05-14Referral88$12,002
2008-11-26Planned1514$7,500
2007-10-10Referral55$2,750
2007-08-02Referral33$5,500
2004-07-07Complaint42$1,446
2001-05-23Planned1311$2,988
1986-11-13Follow-up0$0
1986-07-22Planned82$150
1985-11-12Planned0$0
1983-05-13Planned10$0
1982-04-09Complaint0$0
1980-03-27Follow-up0$0
1979-08-22Complaint126$250
1976-01-14Planned9$30

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization POLY-METAL FINISHING INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of POLY-METAL FINISHING INC across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 89 violations and $35,925 in total penalties.
How does POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC. operates in the electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. POLY-METAL FINISHING, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.37 compared to an industry average of 2.3.