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OSHA Cites Quality Trailer Enterprise Inc.
SALEM, Ohio -- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Quality Trailers Enterprise Inc. with 15 safety violations at its trailer manufacturing facility here. Proposed fines from the violations, including a lack of personal protective equipment and exposing workers to machine guarding hazards, total $55,300, the agency said.
The violations stem from a Feb. 4 complaint inspection, according to OSHA. An individual at the company said Dennis Gardner, president, was not available for comment Tuesday afternoon.
“Quality Trailers Enterprises has a responsibility to train and protect workers from known hazards, such as noise and machinery in its manufacturing facility,” said Howard Eberts, OSHA’s area director in Cleveland. “OSHA is committed to common-sense safety and health regulations, which protect workers on the job.”
Ten serious safety violations involve lack of machine guarding; failing to develop a lockout/tagout program to control the release of hazardous energy while servicing and maintaining equipment and training workers in the program; lack of fire extinguisher training; failing to train workers in the operation of powered industrial trucks; not providing welding shields and curtains; and exposing workers to live wiring.
Additionally, five serious health violations were cited for exposure to noise; lack of personal protective equipment; improper oxygen cylinder storage; allowing combustible paint residue to accumulate in the paint booth; and failing to conduct a workplace hazard assessment program and to develop and train workers on a hazard communication program.
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.
The company has 15 business days from receiving the citations and notice of proposed penalties to contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. If the company does not file or contest within that period, it must abate the cited conditions within the period ordered in the citations and pay the proposed penalties.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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