Kansas-based Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC is facing $292,421in proposed penalties and citations for two grouped willful, one repeat, and seven serious alleged violations after a worker died while trying to clear a jam, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators found the safety interlock had allegedly been duct-taped to prevent the machine from shutting down, which allegedly led to the worker becoming entangled in a rotating part inside a bagging machine, according to the DOL.
Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, which operates as FabPro Polymers, didn’t have adequate machine guarding, use lockout/tagout procedures to stop machines ...
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