US Compliance Corp Helps Manufacturers Avoid a Pattern of Workplace Injuries

July 28, 2015 - PRLog -- Manufacturers with $25M-$250M in annual revenue have the same requirements to keep up with the latest government regulations. U.S. Compliance Corp has over 25 years of experience keeping more than 1,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada compliant with OSHA and environmental laws.  Manufacturers must keep innovating, making better and dynamic products, while U.S. Compliance Corp keeps track of the changing regulations.  Outsourcing this vital function to experts ensures manufacturers stay on top of the requirements and provide implementation and documentation of safety and compliance programs.

Chris Mondics, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer, reported that Lloyd Industries, a Montgomeryville, PA manufacturer of ventilation, duct, and fire-safety products, was hit with $822,000 in fines by the U.S. Department of Labor for a series of workplace-safety violations. Labor Department officials said they launched an investigation of the company in November, after an employee lost three fingers operating a metal saw that was not equipped with safety guards. The owner of the company, William Lloyd, was required by law to provide such protection, the Labor Department said. "We have previously inspected Lloyd Industries and found machine-guarding violations," said Assistant Labor Secretary David Michaels. "Mr. Lloyd in previous inspections told us that the machine guards slowed production."

The Labor Department cited Lloyd for failing to provide the safety guards on machines that cut and shape metal, as well as for failing to monitor employees for hearing loss and failing to provide hearing protection. OSHA said that since 2000, 40 Lloyd employees had suffered serious lacerations as well as crushed, fractured, dislocated, and amputated fingers. "William Lloyd and Lloyd Industries are serial violators of OSHA safety standards, and their workers have paid the price," Michaels said.

Lloyd Industries is a major manufacturer of air-conditioning and heating duct equipment. In addition to its Montgomery County factory, it has facilities in Florida and does business throughout the United States, Asia, and the Middle East.

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