Salina, KS – OSHA has announced $172,000 in fines against Schwan’s Global Supply Chain, citing it for three repeated safety violations and four serious violations for accidents due to unguarded machinery at the company’s frozen pizza plant in Salina, KS. In three separate accidents in 2015, one female Schwan’s worker lost a hand; another lost a finger;…
Read MoreCorinth, MS – Mississippi Polymers has been cited for 11 “serious” safety violations, totaling $56,0000, for machine safety and lockout/tagout violations that resulted in severe injury and amputation for two Mississippi Polymers employees in the fall of 2015. In both accidents OSHA investigated, workers were injured while attempting to clean machinery: On Sept. 28, a 41-year-old print tender suffered…
Read MoreSeaford, DE – Seaford Ice Inc faces $77,000 in fines after a second worker in three years lost limbs to the same machine. Seaford Ice Inc. was issued nine safety violations on Nov. 18 stemming from the most recent incident. The alleged safety violations were recorded during repeat inspections of the company’s plant after the May 28 incident in…
Read MoreRidgway, PA – Clarion Sintered Metals Inc. has been assessed a total of $74,000 in fines by OSHA after an employee was injured operating a stationary compactor, resulting in the loss of a limb. OSHA found that Clarion’s powdered metal presses provided inadequate guards at and below the point of operation, as well as behind the powdered metal…
Read MoreChicago, IL – OSHA has proposed penalties of $52,500 against Aspen Foods, Inc after a worker lost part of his finger in a machine. The employee lost part of his right middle finger while clearing a paper jam on a machine that lacked adequate safety guards. The northwest suburban Chicago-area poultry processing facility is based in Park Ridge…
Read MoreWest Monroe, LA – Bancroft Bags Inc., has been fined $84,000 and cited for 16 serious violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for loto failures – failing to guard machinery and implement appropriate shut down precautions. These procedures are known as lockout/tagout and are required by OSHA. Lockout procedures provide detailed…
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