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 …
Repeat Violations
Railroad Parts Manufacturer Cited for Continued Exposure to Hazards
SanCasT faces $235K in proposed penalties COSHOCTON, Ohio – A follow-up inspection by OSHA found a casting and foundry facility operator continues to expose workers to machine and fall hazards at its Coshocton plant. On January 17, 2017, the agency issued SanCasT Inc. three repeated, …
Court Orders Missouri Sheet Metal Manufacturer to Allow Inspectors to Investigate Safety Complaints
OSHA finds more than a dozen repeated, serious violations; proposes $138K in fines EL DORADO SPRINGS, Missouri - A federal workplace safety inspection - that occurred only after a federal court ordered an El Dorado Springs sheet metal manufacturer to allow inspectors to respond to complaints …
Pattern of Blocked Exits Continues in Ohio Store; More Than 100 Violations Since 2010
OSHA again finds Dollar General jeopardizing worker, customer safety BOLIVAR, Ohio - One of the nation's largest discount retailers continues to ignore federal workplace safety inspectors who have found repeated instances where the company endangers workers and customers alike by blocking exit …
Arc Flash Results in Burns – Electrician Lacked PPE
Steel manufacturer faces $147K in fines BUFFALO, New York – An electric technician at the Republic Steel Corporation steel manufacturing plant in Blasdell was removing wiring from a fan motor in an overhead crane in October 2014 when an ungrounded electrical conductor touched a grounded surface …
Dollar General Store Allows Blocked and Locked Exits, Fire And Other Hazards
Discount chain retailer has history of OSHA violations BOWDON, Georgia – Dollar General Corp. has been cited again by OSHA, this time for four repeated safety violations found in a December 2014 inspection of the Bowdon store at 203 Wedowee Street. OSHA initiated the inspection after receiving a …