Inspection #108824798

Name: OSHA Inspection #108824798: EXCELL POLISHING & BUFFING CO.
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a complaint inspection of EXCELL POLISHING & BUFFING CO. at 9774 Trease Road, Wadsworth, OH 44281 on Nov 24, 1992. The inspection scope was partial. The case was closed on Jul 7, 1994.

OSHA documented 42 violations (31 serious, 11 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $9,000. This inspection is linked to 1 complaint in OSHA records.

OSHA collected 111 air monitoring samples covering 14 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Cadmium Fume (as Cd), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co), and 9 more.

This employer has 2 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 108824798
Type: Complaint (B)
Scope: Partial
Opened: Nov 24, 1992
Closed: Jul 7, 1994
Contested: Mar 24, 1993
Final Order: May 4, 1993
Total Violations: 42
Penalties on Record: $9,000
Initial Penalties: $23,750
Related Activity: 1 complaint

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Establishment

Name: EXCELL POLISHING & BUFFING CO.
Address: 9774 Trease Road, Wadsworth, OH 44281
Industry: 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring

Other Inspections of This Employer2 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#302508171	Jul 26, 1999	Planned (H)	No violations
#214910184	Jul 22, 1983	Planned (H)	2 violations

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

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Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Jul 7, 1994.

Citations on Record

31 serious, 11 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$23,750

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$9,000

Latest published amounts after changes in the enforcement process.

Citation contest activity appears on Mar 24, 1993. Final orders are recorded through May 4, 1993. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling14 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	8	0	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	8	0 - 0.000065	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	8	0	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	8	0 - 0.0062	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	8	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	8	0 - 1.5102	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	8	0 - 0.2411	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	8	0 - 0.2546	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	8	0	mg/m³	-
Methyl Chloroform	7	48.0676 - 4052.89	ppm	350 ppm (1900 mg/m³)
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	8	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	8	0 - 0.0498	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	8	0	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	8	0 - 0.2864	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001A	5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)	Serious	$1,250	$475	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01001B	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01001C	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E03 III	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01001D	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E03 III	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01002A	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 B01	Serious	$1,250	$475	Sep 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01002B	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 I03	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01002C	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 17, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01002D	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K03 II	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 17, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01003A	1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 E04 III	Serious	$2,500	$950	Mar 8, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01003B	1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 Q07	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 8, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01004	1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B06	Serious	$1,250	$475	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01005	1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01	Serious	$2,500	$950	Mar 17, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01006A	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A03	Serious	$1,250	$475	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01006B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 F02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01007A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Serious	$2,500	$950	Sep 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01007B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Serious	$0	$0	Sep 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01007C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E03 I	Serious	$0	$0	Jun 28, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01008A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Serious	$2,500	$950	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01008B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E05 I	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01009	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G01	Serious	$2,500	$950	Mar 17, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01010A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 I	Serious	$2,500	$950	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01010B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 III	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01011A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 II	Serious	$1,250	$475	Sep 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01011B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 IV	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01012A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J02 I	Serious	$1,250	$475	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01012B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IA	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 27, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01012C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IB	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 27, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01013A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 I	Serious	$1,250	$450	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01013B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 VA	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01013C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 VD	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
01013D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 VG	Serious	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02001	1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A	Other	$0	$0	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02002	1910.20 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records OSHA citation code: 19100020 G01 I	Other	$0	$0	Mar 9, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02003	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 L01	Other	$0	$0	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02004	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 M02 II	Other	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G01	Other	$0	$0	Mar 22, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02006A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VI	Other	$0	$0	Mar 10, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02006B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Other	$0	$0	Mar 8, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02007	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K02 II	Other	$0	$0	Jun 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02008	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 I	Other	$0	$0	Apr 6, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02009	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N03 I	Other	$0	$0	Jun 7, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993
02010	1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08	Other	$0	$0	Mar 17, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	May 4, 1993

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

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