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Every year in the US, close to 5,200 Americans die from on the job accidents & injuries. That is more loss of life that during the attacks of September 11th!
By: osha.gov
 
July 6, 2012 - PRLog -- Recently, you hear about OSHA in the news more frequently. You may have heard about the Labor Department issuing fines of $283,000 for health and safety violations against a company that operates a plant in Pennsylvania packing Hershey’s chocolates. The plant had covered up serious injuries to workers.  This happened February 2012 – the plant was Exel, and they were found to have intentionally failed to report 42 serious injuries over four years to workers at the plant in Palmyra, Pa., or 43 percent of all such injuries in that period at the plant!

More recently, US Labor Department's OSHA has recently cited Bazzini Holdings for safety and health violations at Allentown, PA, facility after worker's arm amputated.
OSHA has cited Bazzini Holdings LLC with 15 workplace safety and health violations following an incident in which a worker's arm was amputated at the company's Allentown facility. Bazzini Holdings, which employs about 250 workers at the Allentown site, manufactures fine chocolates and nut products.

OSHA's inspection, initiated in November 2011 after the agency was notified of the amputation, found three repeat, eight serious and four other-than-serious violations with a proposed penalties total $56,400.

Over the past 40 years, OSHA regulations, training, and enforcement has reduced workplace fatalities by more than 60 percent.  Every year in the US, close to 5,200 Americans die from on the job accidents & injuries. That is more loss of life that during the attacks of September 11th!

Don’t let this happen to you! Employers are legally responsible for ensuring a safe and healthful workplace, and will be held liable should they fail to do so. Make sure your business is up to date with all safety regulations.  For more information on how businesses can prepare and prevent workplace injuries and safety violations, contact SPK Training. www.spktraining.com
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