The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Har-Conn Chrome Co. Inc. for potenital fines totaling $77,500 for 45 alleged serious violations of safety and health standards at its West Hartford metal finishing plant.
OSHA officials said Har-Conn exposed workers to potential hazards, including electrocution, fire, falls, lacerations and exposure to toxic substances.
Additional hazards included failing to determine workers’ exposure levels to hexavalent chromium, provide annual medical surveillance and training to exposed workers, establish a regulated work area and ensure contaminated protective clothing remained in the work area; and lack of cadmium exposure sampling, the agency said.
Har-Conn did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Wednesday.
