OSHA $100,000 club of safety citations.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

From: Occupational Hazards | Date: October 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $100,000 or more for these recent alleged failures to protect workers from potential hazards, including many that could have been avoided or mitigated by safety equipment.

* AmeriCast Technologies Inc., Atchison, Kan., $401,600 for 59 serious, repeat and other-than-serious safety violations following targeted health and safety inspections of the foundry castings producer. Serious safe...

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