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Electroplating firm cited by safety regulators

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An Illinois electroplating company has been cited and is facing $115,930 in proposed fines from federal workplace safety and health regulators for machine guarding, electrical and other hazards.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Palatine, Illinois-based Arlington Plating Co. after a February 2016 inspection found that the suburban Chicago company failed to install adequate machine safety guards, train workers in machine safety procedures and correct electrical deficiencies in the plant — all violations for which inspectors cited the company in 2013, the agency said Thursday in a statement.

OSHA issued five repeat and 16 serious safety violations for failing to require workers to wear personal protective equipment, including goggles and face protection, follow respiratory protection standards, install adequate machine safety guards and follow electrical safe work practices, including using electrical equipment rated for wet and corrosive environments and removing damaged equipment from use, among other violations, according to the statement.

“Most consumers never think about the dangers faced by the Arlington workers who may have plated their cars' rims, trucks' step rails, motorcycles' pipes or the parts of their personal electronics,” Angeline Loftus, area director of OSHA's Chicago North Area Office in Des Plaines, Illinois, said in a statement. “Every year, manufacturing workers suffer amputations, serious injuries and worse because companies like this one ignore common-sense safety standards. Arlington Plating must change its dismissive attitude and … (i)mplement safety and health programs and provide workers with equipment that protect them from needless and avoidable job-related injuries and illnesses.”

A company spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.

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