Georgia Workers Allegedly Subjected to Elevated Arsenic Exposure

OSHA has proposed $124,780 in penalties and issued citations alleging nine serious violations by Arch Wood Protection Inc.—as well as $53,574 in proposed penalties and citations alleging four serious violations issued to Mullins Mechanical & Welding LLC—related to hazards at a wood treatment chemical manufacturing facility in Conley, Ga., the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Screening tests by the Georgia Poison Centers found workers employed by Arch Wood Protection had elevated levels of arsenic. The employer was cited for exposing workers to inorganic arsenic at up to 20 times more than the allowable exposure limit, among other alleged violations, according ...