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05/10/2006
OSHA Fines Louisiana Contractor $179,900 for = Violations=20 Following Amputation

A Cottonport, Louisiana, based contractor has been fined $179,900 by = OSHA for=20 alleged safety violations related to the injury of a 19-year-old laborer = at an=20 Atlanta, Texas, worksite in November 2005.

OSHA cited Merrick Construction Co. for two alleged willful, 13 = alleged=20 serious, and two alleged other-than-serious violations of safety = standards=20 following a comprehensive inspection prompted by the double-leg = amputation of a=20 teen worker who was performing maintenance on a tire shredding machine. = The=20 company, which also performs highway construction, reclaims rubber from = tires=20 for inclusion with asphalt products. It employs about 120 workers in the = Gulf=20 States region, with approximately 30 working at the Atlanta = facility.

"Hazardous conditions in the workplace had been brought to this = employer's=20 attention by a number of employees and yet this employer took no action = to=20 safeguard workers," said Kathryn Delaney, OSHA's area director in = Dallas. "If=20 the company had followed OSHA standards, it is possible the injuries = sustained=20 by this young man, as well as others, could have been avoided."

The two willful citations were issued for failing to provide = lockout/tagout=20 procedures for equipment during maintenance activities and for failing = to train=20 workers. A willful violation is one committed with intentional disregard = of or=20 plain indifference to the requirements of the Occupational Safety and = Health=20 Act.

Some of the 13 alleged serious violations included failing to repair = brakes=20 on heavy equipment, safeguard employees against falls from elevated = equipment,=20 protect employees from excessive noise, guard moving parts on machinery, = repair=20 broken welding equipment, protect employees from electrical hazards, and = protect=20 employees from exposure to bloodborne diseases. A serious violation is = one in=20 which there is substantial probability that death or serious physical = harm could=20 result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have = known.

The company has 15 working days from receipt of the citations to = comply,=20 request and participate in an informal conference with OSHA's Dallas = area=20 director or contest the citations and penalties before the independent=20 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Employers and employees with questions regarding workplace safety and = health=20 standards can call OSHA's Dallas area office at 214-320-2400 or OSHA's = toll-free=20 hotline number, 800-321-6742, to report workplace accidents, fatalities = or=20 situations posing imminent danger to workers.


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