Fuyao Glass America is facing $724,380 in fines for nine repeated and 13 serious violations at its Moraine, OH, facility, said officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Violations include exposing employees to electrical safety violations, failing to evaluate the workplace to determine permit-required confined spaces, training employees on lockout/tag out and entering confined spaces, installing machine guarding, providing hearing protection, providing personal protective equipment, and require the use of fall protection.
OSHA has inspected the Fuyao plant 12 times in the past four years.
OSHA initiated an inspection of the automotive glass manufacturer under the Agency’s Site-Specific Targeting program, which directs enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rate of injuries and illnesses have occurred.
“This company’s repeated failure to implement and enforce safety and health programs at the workplace is unacceptable,” said Acting Regional Administrator Bill Donovan, in Chicago, Illinois. “Employers must continually evaluate their facilities for hazards, and train employees and managers to use proper safety controls and equipment to keep their worksites safe and healthful.”
OSHA offers compliance assistance resources on permit required confined space hazards, occupational noise exposure, machine guarding, fall protection, control of hazardous energy, and electrical safety work practices.