"hazards such as amputations, chemical burns and even blindness....."

Government safety agencies are tasked with ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has a recent story about:

The Occupational & Safety Health Administration issued 25 serious citations to an aluminium foil manufacturer during the week of February 15, 2015 for the following:

·        not providing personal protective equipment to workers exposed to corrosive liquids;

·        not providing emergency showers or eyewash stations near workers handling corrosive liquids;

·        not establishing a hazard communication plan;

·        not ensuring machinery could not accidentally start up during maintenance and servicing.

The agency has proposed fines totaling over $50,000 €.

The agency cited eight other violations for:

·        failing to provide lockers for workers to prevent contamination of their street clothes;

·        for failing to properly clean-up asbestos spillage.

A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

"Employees at aluminium manufacturing company shouldn't have to risk their health or their lives just to earn a day's pay," said local director of OSHA's Area Office. "The aluminium foil manufacturer exposed its workers to hazards such as amputations, chemical burns and even blindness. "Employers must ensure a safe and healthful workplace."

The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog prays that this company make the necessary changes to ensure a safe working environment. Almost all of the violations listed about can either result in an injury or a fatality. 

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