OSHA Issues Substantial Proposed Penalties to Rubber Products Manufacturer Following Workplace Incident for Absence of Machine Safeguards
Posted on Feb 27, 2014 in Construction, OSHA | Comments Off on OSHA Issues Substantial Proposed Penalties to Rubber Products Manufacturer Following Workplace Incident for Absence of Machine Safeguards
OSHA has cited a manufacturer of rubber products for the oil and gas industry with a proposed penalty of $560,000 in the wake of an incident where a worker’s arms were crushed by a machine. The citations, including eight willful violations, were issued for allegedly failing to provide machine guarding to protect the operator and other workers in the machine area from hazards created by rotating parts while operating manual lathes and other
equipment.
