Ameriwood plant faces $108,700 in OSHA penalties.TIFFIN Tiffin, city (1990 pop. 18,604), seat of Seneca co., N central Ohio, on the scenic Sandusky River in a farm area; inc. 1835. China, glassware, machinery, wire and cable, and electrical equipment are made in the city. Heidelberg College and Tiffin Univ. are there. , OH -- The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate (OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. ) cited Ameriwood Industries' (ameriwood.com) plant in Tiffin, OH, for alleged federal workplace safety standard violations, according to the Toledo Blade. OSHA proposed that the Michigan-based maker of ready-to-assemble furniture pay $108,700 in penalties. The citations are based on OSHA's determination that Ameriwood failed to protect workers from wood dust explosions by not providing spark detention/spark suppression systems in the factory's duct work. OSHA also cited Ameriwood for failing to post caution signage and for allegedly exposing workers to possible injuries by not making sure certain power and machine lockout lockout, intentional closing up of a company, factory, or shop by an employer to prevent employees from working during a strike or labor dispute. The term lockout procedures were followed. |
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