An Ohio automotive carpet manufacturer has been cited for three repeat and four serious violations and faces $234,376 in proposed penalties after a worker sustained a partial finger amputation while conducting cleaning operations, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found that UGN Inc. failed to have required machine safety procedures, lacked machine guarding on rotating drums, and failed to train employees on lockout procedures.
UGN has been cited multiple times since 2019 for similar machine safety violations, said OSHA. The company has been placed in the agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The company has ...
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