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OSHA Proposes $120,000 in
Fines for Milwaukee Company
The U.S. Department of Labor's
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed
$120,000 in fines against a west Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility
for alleged serious and repeat safety and health violations of
federal workplace safety standards.
OSHA opened an inspection
at the company in September 2006 after receiving information
alleging workplace hazards about indoor air quality and personal
protective equipment. One serious and four repeat safety citations,
with proposed penalties totaling $115,000, were issued alleging
a lack of guarding on chain and sprocket equipment, lack of guarding
on mechanical presses and load rams, failure to follow lockout/tagout
procedures and lack of mechanical power press inspections.
The Company also received
$5,000 in proposed penalties for three alleged serious health
violations: lack of employee personal protective equipment during
exposure to cutting fluids, lack of proper labeling on hazardous
chemicals and blocked space around electrical panels. The company
also received one other-than-serious violation for aisles not
being adequately marked.
"OSHA will do all it
can to find safety and health hazards in the workplace and insist
they be corrected," said Nick Antonio, OSHA's acting area
director in Milwaukee. "These are among the best services
we can perform for working men and women."
In the past, the company's
west Milwaukee facility has been inspected by OSHA 24 times and
has received 71 safety and health citations. The company has
15 working days from receipt of the current citations to appeal
them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission.
Source: OSHA News Release 3/30/07
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