Tuesday, January 22, 2013

OSHA seeks fines against East Central Machine & Tool - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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for alleged safety and health violations andproposed $117,90o0 in penalties. OSHA said Monday it citer the company following an investigation into an accidentg where an employee lost two fingers in a mechanicalkpower press. The inspection found one allegec willful and 11 alleged serious violationz of the Occupational Safety andHealth Act. The company failed to ensure the mechanical power press had an optionh to select various speed settings amongothef features, OSHA said. “This worker’s life will be forever said Charles Adkins, OSHA’s regional administrator in Kansas Mo., in a statement. “There is no excus for this accident.
” Family-owned East Central Machine Tool Co., which has nine has requested an informall conference this weekwith OSHA’ss assistant area director in St. Louiw and if need be, will contest the citations beforre an administrativelaw judge, according Ira a lawyer from in "From the company's standpoint, the machine was operating and the gentleman stuck his hands into the press Blank said. "Why did he do it? I don'r know.
The machine was properl y processing this metal and doiny what it was supposedto

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