Ohio auto insulation
manufacturer faces penalties following worker injury
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A worker at a Toledo, Ohio, automotive
parts supplier lost his hand and part of his arm in a shredding machine. OSHA's
investigation of Autoneum North America found that the company failed to equip
the machine with safety guards and train workers on lockout/tagout procedures,
and exposed workers to struck-by hazards from machine parts. The company was
cited for three willful and two repeated violations and proposed fines of
$569,463. For more information, read the news release.
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Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued
a Cease Operations Order to Sunset Tree Service & Landscaping LLC in Bay
City for exposing workers to potentially serious injuries by continuing to
operate without abating previously identified hazards. MIOSHA inspectors
determined that the company failed to adequately provide safe access to feed
rolls on a wood chipper, failed to guard a shaft on the wood chipper, defeated
the safety features on an operator safety control bar, and failed to train
workers in safe tree trimming operations and practices. From 2011 to 2017, the
company has had an extensive history of safety and failure to abate violations.
For more information, read the news
release.
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Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health cited
Metalsa Structural Products Inc. in Hopkinsville for exposing workers to safety
hazards. Kentucky OSH inspectors concluded that the company failed to ensure
proper that lockout/tagout procedures were followed while workers performed
maintenance on a robotic machine, exposing them to amputation hazards.
Inspectors also found that the company failed to conduct inspections on the
control of hazardous energy and attach lockout/tagout devices on machinery. The
company was previously cited for violations of these standards in 2013.
Judge
rules that Massachusetts companies operated as single employer at worksite
where three workers fell
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An administrative law judge with the
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission upheld OSHA's contention that
A.C. Castle Construction Co. Inc. and Daryl Provencher, were operating as a
single employer at a Wenham, Mass., worksite when three employees were injured
in a 20-foot fall from a scaffold. The employees were working on a residential
roof when the wooden plank on the scaffold snapped. Both companies contested
the citations and penalties, with A.C. Castle claiming it was employed by
Provencher and, therefore, not responsible for the safety of the workers. The
judge upheld most of the citations and ordered A.C. Castle to pay penalties
totaling $173,500. Read the news release for more information.