Spirit Aerosystems Fined $194,000 Over Safety Violations

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. was fined $194,000 for allegedly exposing workers to nearly twice the permissible limit of hexavalent chromium, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Jan. 31.

The aircraft maker, based in Wichita, Kan., faces citations for one willful and five serious violations of OSHA safety regulations. In a statement, Spirit said it “disputes the accuracy” of some of OSHA’s findings.

OSHA said Spirit failed to implement sufficient work practices and engineering controls to prevent worker exposure to hexavalent chromium, failed to conduct monitoring or sampling, failed to provide training, and failed to require workers to remove contaminated ...