Workers at an Ohio boiler manufacturer were required to operate press brakes and a horizontal boring machine that had the machine guarding removed, according to OSHA investigators, who issued two willful citations for the hazard.
OSHA charges company with creating a “dangerous work environment”
March 6, 2014
An OSHA inspection into an incident in which a worker’s arms being crushed while he was operating an unguarded machine uncovered information about two other incidents at the same facility; both of them involving severe injuries to employees while operating similar machinery.
A recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) shows that concerns over rising health care costs, federal long-term fiscal challenges and increasing regulatory burdens continue to loom large for manufacturers.
Manufacturers’ concerns over health care and insurance costs are mounting, according to the second quarter National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers released this week.