OSHA cites B.W. Supply in Lyons, Ohio, for 25 health and safety violations, proposes more than $205,000 in fines

LYONS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited B.W. Grinding Co., doing business as B.W. Supply, for 25 safety and health – including three willful – violations at the company’s Lyons iron foundry. OSHA initiated an inspection May 7 upon receiving complaints alleging hazards, and the inspection later was expanded under the agency’s local emphasis programs on powered industrial vehicles and primary metals industries.

Proposed penalties total $205,100.Two willful health violations involve failing to implement a hearing conservation program for workers who perform grinding operations as well as a respirator protection program that includes medical evaluations for workers who are required to wear powered air-purifying respirators.

One willful safety violation is failing to provide personal protective equipment for employees working around molten metal. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowing or voluntary disregard for the law’s requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=23220

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