Company Faces $724K in Federal Fines for Hazards at Ohio Plant

An automotive glass manufacturer has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at its production plant in Moraine, Ohio.

Fuyao Glass America Inc. faces $724,380 in penalties imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after being cited for nine repeated and 13 serious violations.

OSHA initiated an inspection of the automotive glass manufacturer under the Agency’s Site-Specific Targeting program, which directs enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rate of injuries and illnesses have occurred.

OSHA said the company has been cited for exposing employees to electrical safety violations; and for failing to evaluate the workplace to determine permit-required confined spaces; train employees on lockout/tag out and entering confined spaces; install machine guarding; provide hearing protection; provide personal protective equipment, and require the use of fall protection.

OSHA has inspected the Fuyao plant 12 times in the past four years.

The company has 15 business days from receipt of the safety and health citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Source: OSHA

Topics Workers' Compensation Ohio