MOULTRIE —
A re-inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration of Milac Manufacturing Inc., a Moultrie chrome products preparer, has resulted in citations for eight safety violations with total proposed penalties of $110,220. OSHA opened its inspection as a follow-up to one conducted in 2010 after the company failed to confirm that previously cited violations had been corrected.
"By law, employers are required to provide employees with a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm," said Robert Vazzi, director of OSHA's Savannah Area Office. "OSHA will not let management evade its responsibilities under the law."
As a result of the re-inspection, Milac Manufacturing was cited for two willful violations with $92,400 in penalties. The first involves failing to cover a gap in the concrete floor above a tank that contained wastewater and chromic and sulfuric acid solutions. Workers were exposed to trip and slip hazards, and also to potential burns from the substances in the tank, OSHA said. The second involves exposing workers to amputation hazards by failing to attach machine guards on two polishing machines. Management had been warned of both hazards during the 2010 inspection. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowledge or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health, OSHA further noted.
One repeat violation with a $3,960 fine was cited for allowing workers who refill a propane tank to perform their duties without wearing rubber gloves to prevent exposure to hazardous chemicals. A repeat violation exists when an employer has been cited previously for the same or a similar violation of a standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years. The company was cited for this same violation during the 2010 inspection.
OSHA said five serious violations with proposed penalties totaling $13,860 involve not requiring employees to wear face protection while refilling a forklift's propane tank, not installing safeguards on machinery to prevent amputation hazards, not having a fire extinguisher located at or near a 500-gallon liquid propane gas storage tank and for storing two oxygen cylinders in the same area as a propane tank. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known, OSHA said.
Milac Manufacturing performs plating, grinding, finishing, repair and manufacturing services on hard chrome to prevent wear and corrosion on parts used in commercial applications. The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
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