Machinery was returned to service before providing effective safety guards GREEN BAY, Wisconsin - In less than 10 days in 2016, two employees at a Green Bay muffler component manufacturer suffered severe injuries as they operated machinery without adequate safety guards and procedures in …
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Auto Parts Supplier to Kia And Hyundai, Staffing Agencies Face $2.5M in Fines After Robot Fatally Crushes Young Bride-to-Be
Ajin USA, Alliance Total Solutions and Joynus Staffing Corp. cited for 27 safety violations CUSSETA, Alabama - When she wasn't employed as a temporary worker at a Cusseta manufacturer that stamps metal parts for Hyundai and Kia vehicles, Regina Allen Elsea was making final plans for her …
Auto Parts Manufacturer Expose Workers to Amputation, Crushing, and Other Serious Machine Hazards
Pyongsan America, Surge Staffing face $106K in combined fines Federal inspectors concluded an inspection of an automobile auto parts manufacturer and found that permanent and temporary employees faced the dangers of being caught-in machinery, hit by objects, and risk amputation at the …
Three Tons of Granite Fall On, Kill Warehouse Worker
Denver stone distributor cited for willful, repeat, serious violations Denver, Colorado - OSHA initiated an inspection of Nidi Tec, Inc. in January 2016 after fractured sections of granite slabs, weighing approximately 6,500 pounds combined, fell and killed an employee as he set the slabs …
Lack of Proper Work Zone Leads to Employee Fatality
Plumber died after passing car struck him PHILADELPHIA - Had his employer properly created a work zone, a passing car on Philadelphia's 63rd Street might not have struck and killed a 27-year-old plumber working to repair an underground leak on a mid-November night in 2015. Employed by Best Choice …
Chicken Processor Faces $861K in Fines
Case Farms Processing ignores dangers, cited with 55 violations WINESBURG, Ohio — For employees at a leading supplier of chicken to national fast food and supermarket brands, the dangers of amputation, electrocution and hazardous falls are all in a day's work, and part of their employer's long …