The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is likely to propose penalties of more than $1 million against a Houston-based company. The agency found numerous safety violations at the facility operated by Piping Technology.
Overall, the piping products manufacturer received a total of 30 citations for failing to protect employees in the path of dangerous machinery. According to the investigations, the company directly exposed workers who operated dangerous machinery like band saws to amputation hazards. Further, the company misled agency investigators about the use of the equipment.
The charges that Piping Technology faces are very serious. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has already placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program. Under the program, companies that have repeated health and safety violations are inspected regularly by the federal agency in order to ensure compliance.
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the agency began an investigation into Piping Technology after a complaint by an employee about the safety violations at the Houston facility. These violations include the lack of brakes on overhead cranes. Further, investigators were shocked to find that workers were not being provided protective gear and equipment to protect them from machinery -related injuries, like amputations and crushing injuries.
This is not the first time that Piping Technology has gotten into trouble with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In 2004, the agency had levied about $82,500 in penalties against the company, and just one year earlier, it had been fined $33,000.
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