MASON, Ohio --
Kraft Heinz Food Company is facing a fine of more than $100,000 after an employee lost part of a finger at the company's Mason facility.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Kraft Heinz for machine safety violations, officials announced Friday. OSHA has proposed penalties of $109,939 for the company.
An employee suffered a partial finger amputation while clearing a machine jam, according to the Department of Labor.
OSHA inspectors found the company failed to implement energy control procedures to prevent equipment from accidentally starting, to install adequate machine guards and to train employees on the use of energy control procedures.
A Kraft Heinz spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The company has 15 days to comply, request a conference with OSHA or contest the findings.
COLUMBIA, Mo. -
Nelson's Tree Service, LLC has until next Wednesday to respond to a citation issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Scott Allen, a spokesperson for OSHA, said the company was issued a serious violation March 7 after investigating reports that an employee fell from a tree while working in January.
Allen said Nelson's Tree Service can either agree to pay the $3,880 fine or request an informal meeting with OSHA to discuss the citation.
It's the second serious citation issued against the tree trimming company since August 2016, when an employee was killed on the job after being hit by a falling tree limb and crushed by a falling tree. The company was fined more than $17,000 for the deadly incident.
Allen said details about the latest investigation couldn't be discussed as it is still considered open.
A postal delivery driver was killed in the Pinckney area when she was crushed by her delivery truck. Michigan State Police Lieutenant Mario Gonzalez spoke with Michigan News Network about the incident.
“The incident happened Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and it was the homeowner discovered her,” Gonzalez said. “They were at the house and then they just happened to come out and find her.”
Gonzales says it appears the driver got out of the truck to make a delivery when it began rolling down the driveway. The 56-yr-old woman attempted to climb back into the truck when she became pinned against a guardrail.
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LYNDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a mail carrier has died after being pinned by a U.S. Postal Service vehicle that rolled down a driveway in Michigan.
State police say 56-year-old Tracy Sylo of Pinckney died Wednesday in Washtenaw County's Lyndon Township while delivering a package to a home.
Police say the mail truck was parked at the top of the driveway of a home that sits on a hill about 45 miles west of Detroit. The vehicle rolled and struck the mail carrier, pinning her between the vehicle and a metal guardrail.
A statement from police says Sylo died at the scene. The death is under investigation and police are working to determine why the truck rolled.
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LYNDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) - Michigan State Police say a USPS mail carrier was killed when she was hit by her own truck delivering mail on Wednesday afternoon.
According to police, the mail carrier was on Blind Lake Rd. in Lyndon Township, northwest of Ann Arbor, around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
She was delivering a package at a resident with the USPS mail truck parked at the top of the driveway. For reasons not known at this time, the vehicle rolled down the driveway, struck the mail carrier and then pinned her between the truck and a guardrail.
The woman, identified as a 56-year-old Tracy Sylo, of Pinckney, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Obituary for Tracy Sylo
Sylo, Tracy Lynn
Pinckney, Michigan
Her Legacy… Tracy Lynn Sylo, 56, passed away March 21, 2018. She was born on January 24, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Paul Presswood and Patricia West. Tracy married the love of her life, Michael Peter Sylo under the grapevines in the backyard of St. Paul Lutheran Church, on June 24, 1985, in Hamburg, Michigan. She will be remembered as a loving beautiful wife and best friend who took care of everyone. She was full of energy and loved to go on many boat rides with her family and grandchildren. She was the perfect wife and sister in law to her husband and his family. Tracy loved playing the lottery and cards, she kept Michigan lotto in business. She is going to be greatly missed by all she knew and loved.
Her Family… Tracy will be missed by her husband, Michael; her children, Dan (Billlie Jo) Sylo, and Chelsea (Jesse) Rybak; parents; Patricia (GG) West, and Paul Presswood; sibling; Kelly (Mike) Wade, Karen Shepp, and Rusty (Patty) Presswood; grandchildren; Camden Rybak, Madison Sylo, and her mother; Christine Tracy; sister in laws; Diannia (Tom) Bull, and Karen (Anthony) Clark, also many nieces and nephews who she loved dearly.
