OSHA fines Northeastern Wisconsin Wood Products more than $184,000 after follow-up inspection finds 16 violations

POUND, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Northeastern Wisconsin Wood Products for 16 alleged health and safety, including four willful and six repeat, violations after conducting a follow-up inspection at the company's Pound facility April 25. Many are for exposing workers to amputation hazards.

Proposed penalties total $184,800. "Northeastern Wisconsin Wood Products has a history of failing to comply with OSHA standards dating back to 2006. Even after being placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program and working with the Wisconsin state consultation service, the company has yet to abate many violations cited in previous inspections," said Nick Walters, OSHA's regional administrator in Chicago. "When employers knowingly ignore safety and health requirements, they are unduly placing their workers at risk for illnesses and injuries, and that is unacceptable." 

US Labor Department's OSHA fines Northeastern Wisconsin Wood Products more than $184,000 after follow-up inspection finds 16 violations