Tuesday 23 October 2012

OSHA finds 14 safety and health violations during follow-up inspection of Miami Valley Polishing in Piqua, Ohio

2012 - 10/23/2012 - US Department of Labor's OSHA finds 14 safety and health violations during follow-up inspection of Miami Valley Polishing in Piqua, Ohio: PIQUA, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Miami Valley Polishing LLC for 14 – including seven repeat – safety and health violations at the company's Piqua facility. OSHA conducted an inspection in July as a follow-up to a May 2011 inspection that resulted in citations for failing to evaluate workers' exposure to chromium and lock out the energy sources of machinery, among other violations. Proposed fines for the most recent inspection total $57,144.

"Miami Valley Polishing is compromising the health and safety of its workers by allowing previously cited deficiencies to continue without correction," said Bill Wilkerson, OSHA's area director in Cincinnati. "Training employees and evaluating their exposure to hazardous chemicals such as chromium is vital to their long-term safety and health. OSHA is committed to protecting workers on the job."

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